This error (HTTP 403 Forbidden) means that Internet Explorer was able to connect

[mdesouza]

Hi all

I am trying to install cognos8 , installed the software and created the content store ,cognos configuration is up and running.

installed apache and added the following to the httpd.conf file
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ScriptAlias /cognos8/cgi-bin "C:/Program Files/cognos/c8/cgi-bin"
<Location /cognos8/cgi-bin>
Options ExecCGI
</Location>
Alias /cognos8 "C:/Program Files/cognos/c8/webcontent"
<Location /cognos8>
Options None
</Location>
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But when i try and connect to

http://localhost/cognos8/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi I get the following error

This error (HTTP 403 Forbidden) means that Internet Explorer was able to connect to the website, but it does not have permission to view the webpage.


any ideas !!!

Thanks
Mike

[wasim]

Hi

Did you solve this issue?
Because I'm having the same problem

Regards
Wasim

[CognosSupport]

Try this instead, see if it makes any difference:

ScriptAlias /cognos8/cgi-bin "c:/program files/cognos/c8/cgi-bin"
<Directory "c:/program files/cognos/c8/cgi-bin">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride FileInfo
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from All
</Directory>

Alias /cognos8 "c:/program files/cognos/c8/webcontent"
<Directory "c:/program files/cognos/c8/webcontent">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride FileInfo
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from All
</Directory>

[a.speen]

I have the same problem on SLES10SP2 and Cognos 10.1.
Please help!
Thank you