Why am I getting 403 Forbidden when I enter a url directly but not when I click the link?

1.3k views Asked by At

When I enter the URL of a page on my site directly into my address bar, I get a 403 Forbidden error, yet when I post the link on a forum etc and click it from there, I am able to access the site fine.

1

There are 1 answers

3
Chris Lear On BEST ANSWER

Without being shown the url, or being able to see the configuration, I'd say the most likely reason is that your apache settings are denying access based on the referrer.