Forum avatar 1.5.1 got a 403 error even with a fix for .htaccess

[raykaii]

i cant seam to get the avatar from phpbb to show up in WP i did setup the .htaccess from phpBB/images/avatars/upload/.htaccess to

<Files *>
	Order deny,allow
	Deny from All
	Allow from 127.0.0.1
        Allow from ::1
</Files> 

i even removed the .htaccess file i restarted apache but im still getting a 403 error Forbidden error for the avatars, there all showing a broken photo icon.

[axew3]

yes but i do not think is phpBB to set uploaded avatars to chmod, but looking to the follow i think you still have not chmod the upload folder to 777:
https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3.0/kb/article/phpbb3-chmod-permissions/

the stupid question: have you executed the command on terminal as root user?
chmod 777 /path_to_your/phpBB/images/avatars/upload

[raykaii]

yes i did im a root user in the terminal i can confirm the folder at /images/avatars/upload is 777 but not the files in it. i ask my other buddy to check it out he came with the same bug avatars files are 600.

this is my settings:

root user:

but after adding a new avatar the file comes back as 600

if i Change the file manually to 777 the avatar works on WP but the second some one adds or changes there avatar the file comes back to 600 and it stops showing on WP.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by raykaii.
• This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by raykaii.

[axew3]

you should use 755 and not 777 for permissions on upload folder, as maybe 777 can be a security risk due to different servers configurations.

I think this problem come out due to server configuration. But i can’t understand why at moment. Also due to the fact that unfortunately i can’t reproduce on my test.
I’ve see it is a common problem in phpBB, so someone somewhere hope already had answered the question.