How to solve “.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable”
My error log shows:-
[Sun Jul 13 01:15:32 2008] [crit] [client 218.208.xxx.xxx] (13)Permission denied: /home/mydomain/public_html/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable
And the site is showing “403 Forbidden Error”.
At first, I suspect it’s .htaccess problem, but actually it’s caused by Frontpage Extension.
To solve “.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable” follow the steps below:-
- Login into your CPanel account
- Click on “Frontpage Extensions” icon
- Click on “Reinstall extensions” button beside your problem domain.
*If you do not use any frontpage extensions, it’s good to uninstall this extension - Done. The “.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file” problem has been fixed.
** If you are not on CPanel hosting, please contact your system administrator to fix the problem. ***
Credit: The HungryCoder
Tags: cpanel, cpanel hosting, CPanel Hosting Tutorial, frontpage, frontpage extensions, web hosting tips, web hosting tutorial
Posted at July 13th, 2008 by chua
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July 27th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Also you’d check owner and chmod of files/dirs
September 14th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
THANKS!! great post. This helped me solve my problem very quickly
January 3rd, 2009 at 3:44 am
Thank you,
This solve my issue!
Rui
February 13th, 2009 at 2:00 am
cool….ill buy u tons of drinks
February 13th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
THANK YOU!
This just saved me a boatload of time. Can’t say how I messed my server up so madly, but me converting everything over to use svn (as root) made a the sites totally die even when I chowned things to the users. This cleared it up and I would *never* have guessed what the problem was!
March 5th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Looks like I had to make the folder 777 – I dont like that but it is working – so Ill play with it and let ya all know if you can back 777 down at all like to say 775 ?
March 5th, 2010 at 10:58 am
Update!!!!!——————————————-
—————-665 permissions works and is safer!!!————————-
At least using a software called coffee cup HTML you can put the permissions to 665 – that way the world can not write to it – I guess the moral here was to give the DIR execute permissions———————-
Sure hope this helps some one – and protects them – Sory for the fake email addy too!
March 5th, 2010 at 11:02 am
——-UM oops another update – ————————–
OOps I lost access to the folder with 665 so um – lest stick with 775?
Heheheh