Help With 403

[spoonyl]

hey i just got hosted and stuff by a friend and i uploaded a folder witch made a new directory right? anyways for some reason when i type the link to the directory it shows a 403 message please help because i need to install something within the directory

 

[SoftDux]

What is the folder called?
How did you access the folder?
Did you try and put a index.php file in the folder to see if it displays?

 

[spoonyl]

i did the link to it is spoonyl.com/top-sites/install/index.php even if i just go to spoonyl.com/top-sites it dont work it just shows the 403 error

 

[SoftDux]

What does the error log say?

 

[adept2003]

Could be any nnumber of reasons. Check that the files have correct ownership - this would normally only be a problem if the files were uploaded by a user with root privileges via SSH.

Might also be worth checking the .htaccess file ensure that indexes are not turned off (or via the "Index Manager" in cPanel.

 

[oulzac]

I would say its the main folder (public_html) not being set to 755, if they have phpsuexec installed, and the folder is set to 750, it will give a 403 error.