XF 1.4 Avatars and media forbidden after upgrade to 1.4.4 to 1.4.5

[ibrian]

I downloaded the XF and XFMG files, zipped them, uploaded them directly to Cpanel, extracted, upgraded.

Now all avatars and media gallery images are no longer showing, instead giving a 403 forbidden message.

I went though old threads here and checked the permissions on data and internal data - both were 755, so I changed them to 777. I've CHMODed all avatars and avatar folders to 777.

And yet the problem continues.

Any advice gratefully received.

 

[Paul B]

If you are sure the the chmod values are correct, you could also check ownership (chown).

It seems strange for those folders to be affected when upgrading as they aren't touched.

 

[ibrian]

Cheers for the reply - indeed, find it odd, too.

you could also check ownership (chown).

Is there a simple way to do that in Cpanel? I don't think that's something I've ever had to check up on before.

 

[Mike]

You likely won't be able to chown them.

Note that if you're doing a chmod, it needs to be recursive to all sub-folders and files. If you still have problems, your host should be able to check what's going on exactly as the error is coming from a file that's being served by the web server directly.

 

[ibrian]

Turned out it was a rogue htaccess, with "deny all" in /data/!

No idea how that got there, but issue now addressed.