Just want to get going

[Moglex]

I thought this was supposed to work "out of the box".

 

It installs and seems to start up OK but when I try to access a page on localhost it tells me that I do not have access permission.

 

I just want to run my site's bb software locally so that I can test some changes.

 

Apologies if this is covered somewhere obvious but a lot of the links I tried to access yesterday were dead.

 

Edit: Have checked the basic guide

 

The error I get is:

 

Forbidden

 

You don't have permission to access /w:icebb-branch/index.php on this server.

Apache/2.0.59 (Win32) DAV/2 PHP/5.2.3 Server at localhost Port 80

[Marshy]

What url are you using to access the server and where is the server located(the same computer or another machine)?

I presume you are running it on your computer then opening IE/Firefox and using http://localhost/ as the address.

The .htaccess file in www prevents access to the server from anything EXCEPT localhost.

[Moglex]

What url are you using to access the server and where is the server located(the same computer or another machine)?

I presume you are running it on your computer then opening IE/Firefox and using http://localhost/ as the address.

The .htaccess file in www prevents access to the server from anything EXCEPT localhost.

Yes, a single machine and I've tried using localhost and 127.0.0.1 .

 

I've tried both IE7 and Opera.

 

I did try editing .htaccess to open it up, just in case, but it makes no difference.

[Marshy]

The path in the error looks wrong to me.

It should read w:/WWW/icebb-branch/index.php.

Is there a config item in iceBB that contains the physical path to the files?

I am just downloading iceBB now to see if I can see what it might be.

[Moglex]

The path in the error looks wrong to me.

It should read w:/WWW/icebb-branch/index.php.

Is there a config item in iceBB that contains the physical path to the files?

I am just downloading iceBB now to see if I can see what it might be.

Yes, there is a 'front page' there.

 

The thing is it will not access any file on the entire system.

 

As soon as there is a valid element in the first position after localhost you get that error:

 

e.g. "http://localhost/wombat" -> No such file

 

""http://localhost/c:" -> no permission.

[Marshy]

OK I've just tried a fresh copy of iceBB and it has installed no probs.

What did you steps did you take?

Here is what I did:

1. Download Uniform Server & iceBB
   
2. Extract Uniform Server to C:\ and ran start.bat
   
3. Extracted iceBB to W:\www\iceBB (you could extract to W:\www if you want it to run from root)
   
4. Opened IE and went to http:\\localhost\iceBB
   
5. Performed the install
   

If you are still having problems, try this and let me know.

[Moglex]

OK I've just tried a fresh copy of iceBB and it has installed no probs.

What did you steps did you take?

Here is what I did:

1. Download Uniform Server & iceBB
   
2. Extract Uniform Server to C:\ and ran start.bat
   
3. Extracted iceBB to W:\www\iceBB (you could extract to W:\www if you want it to run from root)
   
4. Opened IE and went to http:\\localhost\iceBB
   
5. Performed the install
   

If you are still having problems, try this and let me know.

 

Yes, that worked, thanks a million.

 

I do wish that if a program cannot find a file it would say that it cannot find a file rather than wittering on about permissions and sending you off on a day long wild goose chase

 

 

[*]Performed the install

 

 

One further thing: When you say you performed the install, what did you use as a database name?

 

I can't find any way of creating a database in MySQL.

[Marshy]

I created a database with phpmyadmin which is located @ Http://localhost/apanel/phpmyadmin.

There is an admin panel for UniServer @ Http://localhost/panel (or use the shortcut: http://localhost/a)

[Moglex]

I created a database with phpmyadmin which is located @ Http://localhost/apanel/phpmyadmin.

There is an admin panel for UniServer @ Http://localhost/panel (or use the shortcut: http://localhost/a)

Thanks.

 

I should have remembered that one myself but I've been to so many control panels and so many pages of documentation today ...