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MacOS Catalina Web Server //localhost/~shortname DENIED 403

Brand new clean (re-)install of Catalina. Followed instructions here:

to the letter. Three times.

//localhost/ Produces "It Works" as expected

..localhost/~myownshortname yields an ugly 403 error - Access Denied.

File permissions (via Finder) on the /Sites and the ~/Sites directories are identical

I don't want to move ahead with MYSQLI config until I can reliably access that folder.

Grateful for suggestions!

MacBook Air 11", macOS 10.15

Posted on May 1, 2020 8:06 AM

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