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I keep getting Access Forbidden Error 403 when I try running my installation of XAMPP on my MAC

I am running the project outside of /Applications/XAMPP/htdocs. It's in my /Users/my_user_name/Projects/ directory.

Every time I try and go to my virtualhost I get a 403 error: Access forbidden.

I have edited my httpd-vhosts.conf file and I have allowed Virtual hosts in httpd.conf.

I have also set the User and Group to User my_user_name and Group Admin in httpd.conf

I even tried chmoding all my files and directory 777 but I still get Access forbidden.

I have also change Deny to Allow in the httpd-xampp.conf file in the new security settings.

The erro_log provided by XAMPP doesn't mention the 403 error I do see it in my access log as - - [21/Aug/2013:14:45:20 -0400] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 403 1034

I am seeing this in the error_log [authz_core:error] [pid 52813] [client] AH01630: client denied by server configuration:

Not sure what else to check or try. Please help lol.

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what files do you have in /Users/my_user_name/Projects? Is there some default document (index.html or something similar)? Does the apache config point to whatever your default document name is? Might help if you post the contents of your <Directory> statement too.. –  Richie086 Aug 21 '13 at 19:24
I actually just figured it out I am going to post my answer below but it was adding Require all granted to the directory listing in the httpd-vhost.conf file. –  Denoteone Aug 21 '13 at 19:28

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I found something that actually fixed my issue at the following link. I hope this saves someone hours of pulling out their hair. lol


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# running httpd, as with most system services.
User daemon
Group daemon

Change User to your OS X username or add new user as follow, and save the file:

User yourusername
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