Forbidden :You don't have permission to access /phpmyadmin on this server

Question

Hi I have installed phpmyadmin on my centos machine and when I try to hit phpmyadmin through my browser I get this error :

Forbidden You don't have permission to access `phpmyadmin` on this server. 

My phpmyadmin.conf file has following content:

# phpMyAdmin - Web based MySQL browser written in php #  # Allows only localhost by default # # But allowing phpMyAdmin to anyone other than localhost should be considered # dangerous unless properly secured by SSL  Alias /phpMyAdmin /usr/share/phpMyAdmin Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpMyAdmin   <Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/>    <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>      # Apache 2.4      <RequireAny>        Require ip 127.0.0.1        Require ip ::1      </RequireAny>    </IfModule>    <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>      # Apache 2.2      Order Deny,Allow      Deny from All      Allow from 127.0.0.1      Allow from ::1    </IfModule> </Directory>  <Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/setup/>    <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>      # Apache 2.4      <RequireAny>        Require ip 127.0.0.1        Require ip ::1      </RequireAny>    </IfModule>    <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>      # Apache 2.2      Order Deny,Allow      Deny from All      Allow from 127.0.0.1      Allow from ::1    </IfModule> </Directory>  # These directories do not require access over HTTP - taken from the original # phpMyAdmin upstream tarball # <Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/libraries/>     Order Deny,Allow     Deny from All     Allow from None </Directory>  <Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/setup/lib/>     Order Deny,Allow     Deny from All     Allow from None </Directory>  <Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/setup/frames/>     Order Deny,Allow     Deny from All     Allow from None </Directory>  # This configuration prevents mod_security at phpMyAdmin directories from # filtering SQL etc.  This may break your mod_security implementation. # #<IfModule mod_security.c> #    <Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/> #        SecRuleInheritance Off #    </Directory> #</IfModule> 

Kindly help me resolve this issue. Any lead is appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

None of the configuration above worked for me on my CentOS 7 server. After hours of searching, that what worked for me:

Edit file phpMyAdmin.conf

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpMyAdmin.conf

And replace the existing <Directory> ... </Directory> node with the following:

<Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/>    AddDefaultCharset UTF-8     <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>      # Apache 2.4      <RequireAny>        #Require ip 127.0.0.1        #Require ip ::1        Require all granted      </RequireAny>    </IfModule>    <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>      # Apache 2.2      Order Deny,Allow      Deny from All      Allow from 127.0.0.1      Allow from ::1    </IfModule> </Directory> 

Answer 2

On a fresh install on CENTOS7 I have tried the above methods (edit phpMyAdmin.conf and add Require all granted), it still does'nt work. Here is the solution : install the mod_php module :

$ sudo yum install php 

then restart httpd :

$ sudo systemctl restart httpd 

and voila !