Apache localhost 403 error with Yosemite

Question

I\'ve just installed Mac OS X Yosemite fresh. I configured Apache and chmodded \"users/user/Sites\" to 755. When I hit localhost I receive a 403 Forbidden \"You don\'t hav

Answer 1

The advice in this article helped me.

Specifically the "Yosemite Only" section:

First, there is a directive that helps secure your machine by denying access to the entire file system by default. I’ll show you how to remove this directive, since I find that easier on a machine meant for development. The section of code runs from line 220 through 223. You can comment out (place ‘#’ in front of each line) or just remove this section.

And the section is ...

 AllowOverride none
 Require all denied

Note:

As others have followed up on this with more details, the method outlined above can be insecure.