Hi Susan, Try adding:
Order Allow,Deny Allow from all Into the <Directory> wrapper for the directory containing the files you want to serve. You'll also want to check to make sure the user Apache is running as has at least read permissions to the file(s). -- Andy Stratton, ZCE Software/Network Engineer COMPASS Information Systems, Inc. www.compassinfo.net (410) 923-6300 office (410) 923-2820 fax (443) 623-6835 mobile ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- IT Support When and Where You Need It. Professional IT Services for configuration management, networking, database, security, and website services. www.compassinfo.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Learn and Grow. Professional IT Training and Prepaid Courseware / CBT. Onsite and offsite classes available. training.compassinfo.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- -----Original Message----- From: susan gothard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 8:59 AM To: php-install@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP-INSTALL] error http 403 hi I have just installed php to use with the apache server, when I test apache through localhost its message says it works, but when I test php through lochost slash test.php the message comes back saying you are not authorized to use this page error http 403 can anyone help . thanks in advance.