Options.php returning 403 error

  • scully8746

    (@scully8746)


    18 years, 10 months ago

    I’ve just installed WordPress, and I’m having the familiar options.php problem when trying to change the number of posts per page.

    Forbidden
    You don’t have permission to access /wp-admin/options.php on this server.

    Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
    I’ve already read through a number of previous posts dealing with this subject, and have tried changing the CHMOD (neither 666 nor 755 worked)… needless to say, I’m a little frustrated. Looking back through previous posts, it seems like this problem hasn’t really been resolved for anyone. So any new suggestions? Thanks!

    (BTW–I’ve got 2.2 installed, but encountered the same problem using 2.1.)

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  • drmike

    (@drmike)

    18 years, 10 months ago

    Log out, clear your browser’s cookie and file cache, log back in and try again. That usually solves it.

    Thread Starter scully8746

    (@scully8746)

    18 years, 10 months ago

    No, I’m still getting the same message.

    (But thanks anyway.)

    Is there anything else I can try?

    djsteve

    (@djsteve)

    18 years, 3 months ago

    tried that (by using another browser that I never use) and did not work for me either.. also tried the chmod to 777 trick and the add htaccess trick as described : http://wordpress.org/support/topic/111994?replies=2

    but not working for me either..
    (You don’t have permission to access /wp-admin/options.php)

    pancaked

    (@pancaked)

    17 years, 12 months ago

    Hi,
    My hosting provider updated for php 4 to php 5 and all my blogs started getting the same error you are seeing. Only on options.php
    the other ones I could change like options-permalinks.php
    Here is what they said happened, and what they did that fixed it for me:

    It was because of a mod security rule, the techs removed the rule so you should be able to access it now

    Contact your hosting provider to have them check into it.

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