htaccess directoryindex gives 403 Forbidden?

[iantresman]

I've got an [FONT=courier new]htaccess[/FONT] file containing the directive [FONT=courier new]directoryindex index.htm[/FONT] working correctly (ie making index.htm the default index file).

But a PHP script directory is giving a 403 Forbidden error:
[FONT=courier new]You don't have permission to access /radlance/forum/ on this server.[/FONT]

This is despite having an [FONT=courier new]htaccess directoryindex index.htm[/FONT] file working OK in the root, and having an [FONT=courier new]htaccess directoryindex index.php[/FONT] in the script directory (which does include an index.php file).

I have no other htaccess files in place.

Any suggestions?

Regards,
Ian Tresman

[Drakla]

If you can edit your httpd.conf file then make sure you're allowing index overrides - look for AllowOverride and add indexes.

AllowOverride indexes