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I ended up moving the directory back to the previous www folder (moving it initially was potentially the reason for breaking it). <br />
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I still don't know the exact reason.
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I ended up moving the directory back to the previous www folder (moving it initially was potentially the reason for breaking it).

I still don't know the exact reason.

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Hi there,<br />
<br />
I've setup a new server running Apache, PHP, MySQL. Its running very well, doing everything it needs to. However locally, I cannot browse to the website/s as it provides the error:<br />
<br />
'403 Error: Forbidden, this website requires you to login when browsing locally'<br />
<br />
There is no reason I can find that this is occuring. IIt has been working before also.<br />
<br />
I've given the c:\www (where the web files are stored) everyone priveleges to test. and that did not resolve the issue.<br />
<br />
I need to fix this because the web application running on the server actuallly runs scans of newsletters before they are sent, and the scans say that links are invalid. Which I assume is the cause of this.<br />
<br />
Cheers
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Hi there,

I've setup a new server running Apache, PHP, MySQL. Its running very well, doing everything it needs to. However locally, I cannot browse to the website/s as it provides the error:

'403 Error: Forbidden, this website requires you to login when browsing locally'

There is no reason I can find that this is occuring. IIt has been working before also.

I've given the c:\www (where the web files are stored) everyone priveleges to test. and that did not resolve the issue.

I need to fix this because the web application running on the server actuallly runs scans of newsletters before they are sent, and the scans say that links are invalid. Which I assume is the cause of this.

Cheers

Web Server Providing 403 Error: Forbidden, this website requires you to login when browsing locally, but works well from external machines

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