Access Errors

[rctycoon86]

I have seen many posts about the following access error:

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /gallery/searchnew.php on this server.

I am also receiving this error.  I checked with my host who told me that I needed to ask you what needs to be changed in the .htaccess file that's in my public_html folder.  Below are the contents of the .htaccess file.  (I have removed all private info in some of the wording below.)

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName
AuthUserFile
AuthGroupFile

If someone could help me out with this, it would be greatly appreciated.  I would really like to get my photo gallery up and running.  Thanks!

[Joachim Müller]

everybody needs access to this file, the protection is done by means of coppermine authentification, not .htaccess means. The excerpt of your .htaccess file means nothing to me, this is not related to coppermine at all, but settings you (or your webhost) applied to .htaccess to prevent access for unauthorized users browsing your page. As I pointed out, coppermine doesn't need that kind of protection, it sends unauthorized users away for pages that are restricted to the admin or a particular user group. Just make your webhost change the permissions for the whole coppermine gallery to be accessible for everyone (if you don't know how to modify this yourself).

Joachim

[rctycoon86]

Thanks for your help, but my webhost keeps insisting that it's something with the software.  I have told them that I never had this problem when I ran the software on other hosts, so it has to be something on their end.  Boy, did I get in trouble saying that.  I was told that no one else has ever had the access error problems that I'm having.  Anyway, I will see if they can change something in the .htaccess files.  Thanks again for your help.

[rctycoon86]

Well, good news.  I changed hosts and haven't had any problems at all.  Problem solved.  Thanks!