# Internet error.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-error/122308>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 4, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-error/122308 "2002-08-04T17:14:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-error/122308/1 "2002-08-04T17:14:05Z")

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What causes errors like this?

## Forbidden You don’t have permission to access /~parent/classes/681/OLD/Bresenham.html on this server.

Apache/1.3.26 Server at www.cis.ohio-state.edu Port 80

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**Author:** ![EmbarrassingDad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/embarrassingdad/32/5441_2.png) [@EmbarrassingDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmbarrassingDad)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-error/122308/2 "2002-08-04T17:30:19Z")

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Usually the unix file and/or directory permissions.

[An Introduction to Unix Permissions](http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/09/06/FreeBSD_Basics.html)

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-error/122308/3 "2002-08-05T03:49:16Z")

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Thanks.