Need Help With An Error!! :(

[Dark Shadow]

Whenever a I or any of my users try to log onto my website, ACP (me only for this), send a private message, and pretty much everything else, I always get this error:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /{filename}.php on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Its starting to get annoying, I tried CHMODing all my files and folders to 777 and then tried, but still the same error. I backed up my .htaccess and then cleared it, still the same error.
How can I fix this?

Dark Shadow Reviewed by Dark Shadow on 23rd Jun 2008. Need Help With An Error!! :( Whenever a I or any of my users try to log onto my website, ACP (me only for this), send a private message, and pretty much everything else, I always get this error: Its starting to get annoying, I tried CHMODing all my files and folders to 777 and then tried, but still the same error. I backed up my .htaccess and then cleared it, still the same error. How can I fix this? Rating: 5

[Core]

I think its a .htaccess problem. Do you have a .htaccess file in the admin folder? If so try removing it and trying.

[Dark Shadow]

no, I dont have a .htaccess file in my admin folder. I tried doing a clean reinstall, and I still get the same error.

[Dark Shadow]

i am uploading into my FTP as the root user.

[clarksta]

its a .htaccess issue check to see if there is one in the root folder also the public_html folder somtimes there are 2

also try using a proxy to see if it will let you in there

[Dark Shadow]

okay, i got it working, by searching the error in the vbulletin official forums. turns out that the problem was cause my mod_security, and I just had to add something into my .htaccess file in my root directory.