Classification:

Student Webspace > Student LAMP > Student Webspace Incident

Assumptions

• You already have an active account on the soisweb.uwm.edu server.
• You wish to see the index of files and folders when visiting your primary domain but receive the 403 Forbidden error was encountered... error shown below.

Steps to Take

1. Open a web browser and go to https://soisweb.uwm.edu/cpanel.

2. Log in with your soisweb cPanel credentials.

3. Click File Manager in the Files section of Tools.

4. Click the Settings button (upper right corner of the FileManager).

5. Click the checkbox for Show Hidden Files (dotfiles) and click the Save button.

6. Click the public_html folder in the left pane.

7. Right click the .htaccess file and click Edit.

8. Click theEdit button.

9. Add in Options +Indexes after the AddHandler line.

10. Click the Save Changes button then click the Close button.

11. Re-visit your primary domain and you should see something like the image below.

***Please Note: If you still receive the 403 Forbidden after you’ve completed the above steps, please try fixing the file and folder permissions of your site using the KB article below:

SOIS Webspace (How to) Fix File Permissions (403) Error