Re: OT 403 error

[Rolfe Bozier <rolfe@pobox.com>]

Dave Proctor wrote:
> 
> Eric Cartman wrote in message ...
> >Hi guys
> >
> >Does anybody know what a 403 error is and how I can get rid of it?
> 
> You can't - a 403 means that access is denied (based on a criteria devised
> by the site owner) - do not have my books here at the moment, so I cannot
> give you an exact quote of what a 403 is, but I am sure that others will.

403 means that the client has tried to retrieve something which is forbidden by
the server (as distinct from 404 - resource does not exist).

This can happen in a couple of ways:

1.  The server does not have permission to read the file you are trying to
    retrieve.

2.  You are trying to list a directory when there is no default page (e.g.
index.html)       and this operation is forbidden by the server.

See ya,
Rolfe

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