[apache] 403 Forbidden You don't have permission to access /folder-name/ on this server

I was looking for an answer to my problem, but I could'nt find any answer which solves my case.

The problem is that I can't access the app folders in my var/www/ folder. When I go to localhost/ i get the message that my server is running and I have access to phpmyadmin too. But when I go to any localhost/folder-name i get the 403 error:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /folder-name/ on this server.

Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80

How can I solve it? Btw I'm using Ubuntu 13.04, and thanks for your answers. :)

under etc/apache2/apache2.conf, you can find one or more blocks that describe the server directories and permissions

As an example, this is the default configuration

<Directory /var/www/>
   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
   AllowOverride None
   Require all granted
</Directory>

you can replicate this but change the directory path /var/www/ with the new directory.

Finally, you need to restart the apache server, you can do that from a terminal with the command: sudo service apache2 restart

if permission issue and you have ssh access in root folder

find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

will resolve your error

Solved issue using below steps :

1) edit file "/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf"

    DocumentRoot "dir_name"

    ServerName <server_IP>

    <Directory "dir_name">
       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
       AllowOverride None
       Require all granted
    </Directory>

    <Directory "dir_name">
       AllowOverride None
       # Allow open access:
       Require all granted

2) change folder permission sudo chmod -R 777 "dir_name"

**403 Forbidden **

You don't have permission to access /Folder-Name/ on this server**

The solution for this problem is:

1.go to etc/apache2/apache2.conf

2.find the below code and change AllowOverride all to AllowOverride none

 <Directory /var/www/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride all      Change this to--->  AllowOverride none
    Require all granted
 </Directory>

It will work fine on your Ubuntu server