Can't install wordpress 403 ! Access forbidden

Question

I try to install new wordpress on server. I can run every php file in my directory, or js, css but when i run install.php there is some error. “Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server”. I read so many articles about it but can't resolve my problem !! please someone help me ! Am i doing something wrong or i need permission from hosting owner ?

Maybe check the chmod setting for the wordpress folder.. just a guess — meck373
its going to be either the http user doesnt have access to the folder (eg. apache/httpd/www-data), or as @meck373 says, itll be a read/write issue generally — DevDonkey

mtt_g mtt_g · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-31T13:27:57

This is probably an issue with the permissions of your wordpress files. Try running the below - you may need to run them with the sudo command, depends on your setup:

find /path/to/your/wordpress/install/ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find /path/to/your/wordpress/install/ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

You may also need to change the ownership of the files to the same user and group that the web server is running as, for example:

chown -R www-data:www-data /path/to/your/wordpress/install/

Again, you may need to run this as sudo depending on your setup.

Can't install wordpress 403 ! Access forbidden

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