error 403 apache2

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I am trying to install OpenBiblio on Opensuse 10.3. I installed openbiblio and lamp server from the repository and created a database in mysql. I created a user in mysql. I’ve followed the directions from here:

OpenBiblio Install Instructions

When I try to run the install script in firefox I get a webpage with this error:

Access forbidden!

You don’t have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 403
suselampserver.site
Tue Dec 9 10:46:00 2008
Apache/2.2.4 (Linux/SUSE

What am I doing wrong?

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This is because the server directory has read only as normal user.
Try running chmod 775 /srv/www/htdocs in a console as su to give the server root write permissions.
You may also have to gibe your user permission with.
**
chown <youusername> /srv/www/htdocs**

Geoff

3

I made the suggested changes, and now when I try to run the install script with firefox I get the “unable to connect” page.