XF 1.5 Install permission error

[ioneti]

Hi

I go to install xenforo but when i try it i get this error

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

What can i do?

Thanks!

 

[Mike]

You may need to contact your host to see if they have a more specific error. At a guess though, you may have chmodded the install directory (or a parent directory) in a way your host doesn't like. What you upload is normally sufficient.

 

[click here]

@Mike I just got this error for the first time even though nothing has changed... what should the permissions be set to for the install directory and files etc.?

 

[click here]

the .htaccess file in the install folder was causing it, i disabled it, it was configured to not allow access to that file

 

[Mike]

As a heads up, the core package does not have a .htaccess file in the install directory.