apache directory permissions

[jmantra]

Hi,

I am trying to install phpmyadmin on linux but when I try to go to the directory to configure it, it says forbidden even though everyone is given read/write access, and the user and group apache own the directory and all the files, am I missing something here?

[sneakyimp]

i doubt you log in as apache when you connect via shell or ftp. Whatever login you are using to access the server apparently doesn't have permission to access that folder.

[Horizon88]

This really should be in a phpMyAdmin support forum, but if I recall correctly you don't just go to:

localhost/phpMyAdmin/install/

you'll probably need to call the install/configuration file, which would be more along the lines of localhost/phpMyAdmin/install/config.php or similar.

also, make sure you set your database variables in the configuration file before you try and install it, or it'll throw an error and ask you to set them anyways, unless you've got root with no password open. :/