XAMPP: Access Forbidden!

I just installed a fresh XAMPP on OSX. Apache runs and I can see the splash page.

I open the httpd.conf and I set both places that point to htdocs to someplace else, which results in Apache showing an "Access Forbidden!" message.

I plugged my directory here:

<Directory "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs">

and here:

DocumentRoot "/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs"

I have set the permissions to 777 for everything including the enclosing directory, but to no avail. I've also set the owner to nobody, just like htdocs.

Strangely, I just did this whole thing with MAMP and had no problems serving that directory, but it was slow.

2 Answers

This solutions works for me

<Directory /> Options All AllowOverride All Order deny,allow Allow from all
</Directory>

Ref:

It is not enough to set the permissions to 777 for the DocumentRoot and its enclosing directory. Permissions must be 777 (or something lesser, but I don't know what) for all directories from / down to the DocumentRoot. That's why this guy learned to put his vhost directories in his user directories: while it's more flexible than that, the point is the same.