Title: WordPress Permission problem
Last modified: February 2, 2017

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# WordPress Permission problem

 *  [attan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/attan/)
 * (@attan)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permission-problem-2/)
 * Hello everyone,
 * I am trying to install WordPress on Debain.
    the installation went smoothly thru.
 * but I am having some issues.
 * when I try to access [http://mysite.com/wp-admin](http://mysite.com/wp-admin)
   
   I get this error “Cannot access /var/www/domains/mysite.com/wp-admin/”
 * but when I add index.php to it, then I get the login page.
 * here is the folder permission screen shoot for my installation DIR
    [https://i.gyazo.com/7c7f893cbea0d873bf0c5d390ebd11d9.png](https://i.gyazo.com/7c7f893cbea0d873bf0c5d390ebd11d9.png)

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 *  [Tim Nash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tnash/)
 * (@tnash)
 * Spam hunter
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permission-problem-2/#post-8733238)
 * If you access just the domain name, does it bring back anything?
    if thats the
   case it sounds like your apache perhaps doesn’t have the vhost pointing to the
   right folder.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Tim Nash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tnash/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-permission-problem-2/#post-8733238)
 * Status: not resolved

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