[phpmyadmin] phpMyAdmin + CentOS 6.0 - Forbidden

I always get this message when I would like access my phpMyAdmin.

w3m localhost/phpmyadmin

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /phpmyadmin/ on this server.

Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS) Server at localhost Port 80

Install steps:

rpm --import http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
yum install http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2- 2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm
yum install phpmyadmin

Add Aliases

vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf
Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin
Alias /phpMyAdmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin
Alias /mysqladmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin

Change from cookie to http

vi /usr/share/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php
[...]
 /* Authentication type */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'http';
[...]

Restart

/etc/init.d/httpd restart

SELinux - /etc/httpd

drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_config_t:s0 .
drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0       ..
drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_config_t:s0 conf
drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_config_t:s0 conf.d
lrwxrwxrwx. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_log_t:s0 logs -> ../../var/log/httpd
lrwxrwxrwx. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_modules_t:s0 modules -> ../../usr/lib64/httpd/modules
lrwxrwxrwx. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_config_t:s0 run -> ../../var/run/httpd

SELinux - /usr/share/phpmyadmin

drwxr-xr-x. root root   system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0       .
drwxr-xr-x. root root   system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0       ..
-rw-r--r--. root root   system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0       browse_foreigners.php
-rw-r--r--. root root   system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0       calendar.php
-rw-r--r--. root root   system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0       changelog.php
-rw-r--r--. root root   system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0       chk_rel.phph
.
.
.
-rw-r--r--. root root   system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0       view_create.php

OS

centos-release-6-0.el6.centos.5.x86_64

I have faced the same problem when I tape the URL

https://www.nameDomain.com/phpmyadmin

the forbidden message shows up, because of the rules on /use/share/phpMyAdmin directory I fix it by adding in this file /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpMyAdmin.conf in this section

<Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/>
    ....
</Directory>

these line of rules

<Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/>
   Order Deny,Allow
   Deny from All
   Allow from 127.0.0.1
   Allow from ::1
   Allow from All
   ...
</Directory>

you save the file, then you restart the apache service whatever method you choose service httpd graceful or service httpd restart it depends on your policy

for security reasons you can specify one connection by setting one IP address if your IP does not change, else if your IP changes every time you have to change it also.

<Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/>
   Order Deny,Allow
   Deny from All
   Allow from 127.0.0.1
   Allow from ::1
   Allow from 105.105.105.254 ## set here your IP address
   ...
</Directory>

None of the configuration above worked for me on my CentOS 7 server. After hours of searching, that's what worked for me:

Edit file phpMyAdmin.conf

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpMyAdmin.conf

And replace this at the top:

<Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/>
   AddDefaultCharset UTF-8

   <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
     # Apache 2.4
     <RequireAny>
       #Require ip 127.0.0.1
       #Require ip ::1
       Require all granted
     </RequireAny>
   </IfModule>
   <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
     # Apache 2.2
     Order Deny,Allow
     Deny from All
     Allow from 127.0.0.1
     Allow from ::1
   </IfModule>
</Directory>

I had the same issue.

Only after I changed in php.ini variable

display_errors = Off

to

display_errors = On

Phpadmin started working.. crazy....

I tried all answers provided here: editing phpMyAdmin.conf, changing selinux context for phpmyadmin folder, disabling selinux... but I still got a 'Forbidden' from the web server.

I finally found what I was missing in Edouard Thiel post here :

$ yum install php

then restart httpd :

$ service httpd restart => for centos 6 hots

$ systemctl restart httpd => for centos 7 hosts

What has me amazed is why php is not installed as dependency for phpmyadmin in the first place.

Regards, Fred

Non of the above mentioned solutions worked for me. Below is what finally worked:

#yum update
#yum install phpmyadmin

Be advised, phpmyadmin was working a few hours earlier. I don't know what happened.

After this, going to the browser, I got an error that said ./config.inic.php can't be accessed

#cd /usr/share/phpmyadmin/
#stat -c %a config.inic.php
#640
#chmod 644 config.inic.php

This shows that the file permissions were 640, then I changed them to 644. Finially, it worked.

Remember to restart httpd.

#service httpd restart

I had the same issue for two days now. Disabled SELinux and everything but nothing helped. And I realize it just may not be smart to disable security for a small fix. Then I came upon this article - http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/SELinux/ that explains how SELinux operates. So this is what I did and it fixed my problem.

1. Enable access to your main phpmyadmin directory by going to parent directory of phpmyadmin (mine was html) and typing:

   chcon -v --type=httpd_sys_content_t phpmyadmin
   

2. Now do the same for the index.php by typing:

   chcon -v --type=httpd_sys_content_t phpmyadmin/index.php
   

   Now go back and check if you are getting a blank page. If you are, then you are on the right track. If not, go back and check your httpd.config directory settings. Once you do get the blank page with no warnings, proceed.

3. Now recurse through all the files in your phpmyadmin directory by running:

   chron -Rv --type=httpd_sys_content_t phpmyadmin/*
   

Go back to your phpmyadmin page and see if you are seeing what you need. If you are running a web server that's accessible from outside your network, make sure that you reset your SELinux to the proper security level. Hope this helps!