{"id":1860,"date":"2015-03-11T06:39:16","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T06:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2021-02-11T09:47:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T09:47:43","slug":"directory-index-forbidden-by-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/directory-index-forbidden-by-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Directory index forbidden by rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of our client\u00a0installed joomla successfully, and tried to access the administrative <strong>URL:: http:\/\/www.domainname.com\/administrator\/<\/strong> and \u00a0got an error.<\/p>\n<p>While checking on Server\u00a0error logs it displayed:<\/p>\n<p><strong>[wpfmb type=&#8217;error&#8217; theme=2][error] [client XX.XX.XX.XX]Directory index forbidden by rule: \/home\/user\/public_html\/domainname.com\/administrator\/[\/wpfmb]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This error normally occurred due to multiple index files in the \u201cadministrator\u201d folder.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the\u00a0steps in order to remove the error.<\/p>\n<p>Go to directory:<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">cd home\/user\/public_html\/domainname.com\/administrator\/\r\n[root@server administrator\/]# ls -l index*\r\nindex2.php\r\nindex3.php\r\nindex.php<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Open the <strong>.htaccess<\/strong> file for the directory and mention the index file to be used.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cpanel-files\"><\/div>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">vi .htaccess<\/pre>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p>Insert following line:<\/p>\n<div class=\"cpanel-files\"><\/div>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">DirectoryIndex index.php<\/pre>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p>Save the file.<\/p>\n<p>Try to access the URL\u00a0now. 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