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

Hi,

Can someone help me? I've set up an internal web site which I have
restricted by IP address by adding the following to my httpd.conf

<Directory "d:/webroot"> Order allow,deny
Allow from (IP addresses here)

</Directory>

All works fine on IE and Safari but when I try to access the site on
Firefox I get:

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

and it's not that I haven't specified index.htm or html and even if I
go to a file on the web, I get the same message. Any ideas? Some other
people in our organisation can access via Firefox - I don't know if
there is a setting?

Thanks in advance.

On Jun 18, 5:21 pm, D <donnagr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can someone help me? I've set up an internal web site which I have
> restricted by IP address by adding the following to my httpd.conf
>
> <Directory "d:/webroot"> Order allow,deny
> Allow from (IP addresses here)
>
> </Directory>
>
> All works fine on IE and Safari but when I try to access the site on
> Firefox I get:
>
> Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server
>
> and it's not that I haven't specified index.htm or html and even if I
> go to a file on the web, I get the same message. Any ideas? Some other
> people in our organisation can access via Firefox - I don't know if
> there is a setting?
>
> Thanks in advance.

it may well be a firefox setting, I dont know how your firefox is set
up, but have you tried Ctrl+F5 to force a new copy. It could just be a
caching proble, you could clear the cache (which would be overkill but
should also work)

On 18 Jun, 19:47, shimmyshack <matt.fa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 18, 5:21 pm, D <donnagr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > Can someone help me? I've set up an internal web site which I have
> > restricted by IP address by adding the following to my httpd.conf
>
> > <Directory "d:/webroot"> Order allow,deny
> > Allow from (IP addresses here)
>
> > </Directory>
>
> > All works fine on IE and Safari but when I try to access the site on
> > Firefox I get:
>
> > Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server
>
> > and it's not that I haven't specified index.htm or html and even if I
> > go to a file on the web, I get the same message. Any ideas? Some other
> > people in our organisation can access via Firefox - I don't know if
> > there is a setting?
>
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> it may well be a firefox setting, I dont know how your firefox is set
> up, but have you tried Ctrl+F5 to force a new copy. It could just be a
> caching proble, you could clear the cache (which would be overkill but
> should also work)- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

No that doesn't work - was the first thing I tried :(

On Jun 19, 8:18 am, D <donnagr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 18 Jun, 19:47, shimmyshack <matt.fa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jun 18, 5:21 pm, D <donnagr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > Can someone help me? I've set up an internal web site which I have
> > > restricted by IP address by adding the following to my httpd.conf
>
> > > <Directory "d:/webroot"> Order allow,deny
> > > Allow from (IP addresses here)
>
> > > </Directory>
>
> > > All works fine on IE and Safari but when I try to access the site on
> > > Firefox I get:
>
> > > Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server
>
> > > and it's not that I haven't specified index.htm or html and even if I
> > > go to a file on the web, I get the same message. Any ideas? Some other
> > > people in our organisation can access via Firefox - I don't know if
> > > there is a setting?
>
> > > Thanks in advance.
>
> > it may well be a firefox setting, I dont know how your firefox is set
> > up, but have you tried Ctrl+F5 to force a new copy. It could just be a
> > caching proble, you could clear the cache (which would be overkill but
> > should also work)- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> No that doesn't work - was the first thing I tried :(

I had to assume it was the simplest thing!
however you dont give enough info for anyone to say, but
Order Allow,Deny kills all IPs apart from that one, so if others can
access with ff and you can witha ll but your firefox you should be on
a firefox list.
you need to look at your ff headers, to check they are ok,
(referer, cookies, user agent) - in case there are other rules in
apache conf - people tend to mess with their firefox and forgetting
about it
Are you using a proxy with that firefox which effectively changes the
IP that apache sees?
Ultimately, if you've checked the apache log, and you still cant see
what it's only your firefox, then you should start in safe mode and
reset, or knock it on the head and reinstall. This is firmly a firefox
setting problem.
Oh and supply much more info to the firefox forum - it is not a
standard problem, it is something to do with YOUR firefox