Once you get the error – first thing to check is the apache webserver error log. Depending on your OS it has a different location; on Mac OS X it’s in /var/log/apache2/error_log, on most Linux boxes it’s in /var/log/httpd/error_log
If the error is similar to:
[Tue Jun 28 18:21:48 2011] [error] [client ::1] Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch is off which implies that RewriteRule directive is forbidden:
Then add “Options +FollowSymLinks” to your .htaccess file at start of the file:
Options +FollowSymLinks
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
Now the 403 should be no more.
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