Title: 403 error
Last modified: August 16, 2017

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# 403 error

 *  [Tomeranaray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomeranaray/)
 * (@tomeranaray)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-59/)
 * Hi, I just installed this plugin and configured it to map a domain to one of 
   our WP Multisite sub sites. However, I get a 403 error when visiting that domain.
 * My hosting provider says the domain resolves to my WP installation, but something
   goes wrong there.
 * This is the error I found in cPanel:
 * [Wed Aug 16 16:24:37.430955 2017] [autoindex:error] [pid 25518] [client 134.184.163.212:
   35436] AH01276: Cannot serve directory /home/heldenva/public_html/heldenvandewetenschap.
   be/: No matching DirectoryIndex (index.html,Index.html,index.shtml,index.php,
   Index.php,index.phtml,Index.phtml,index.htm,Index.htm,default.htm,Default.htm,
   default.html,Default.html,home.htm,Home.htm) found, and server-generated directory
   index forbidden by Options directive
 * Any suggestions? Could it be a problem with our htaccess file?
 * Thanks!
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   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Ron Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmuguru/)
 * (@wpmuguru)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-59/#post-9415193)
 * That sounds like URL rewriting is not enabled for the domain. You would change
   that in your web account.
 *  Thread Starter [Tomeranaray](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomeranaray/)
 * (@tomeranaray)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-59/#post-9415226)
 * Thanks for your reply.
 * I do have rewrite rules in my htaccess file. Or do you mean something else?
 * And What do you mean with web account? The WP panel or the panel of the hosting
   provider?
 *  Plugin Author [Ron Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmuguru/)
 * (@wpmuguru)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-error-59/#post-9419554)
 * > I do have rewrite rules in my htaccess file. Or do you mean something else?
 * Yes, the mod_rewrite module has to be enabled in your web server config (ie. 
   panel of the hosting provider) for the domain mapped host (ex addon domain) before
   Apache will use a .htaccess file for that host.

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