title: Wordpress Noob: Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. (using Mac)
body: <p>So I followed this tutorial to set up my wordpress project on my local: <a href="http://jason.pureconcepts.net/2012/10/install-apache-php-mysql-mac-os-x/" rel="nofollow">http://jason.pureconcepts.net/2012/10/install-apache-php-mysql-mac-os-x/</a> </p>
  
  <p>However, it is giving me a </p>
  
  <p><code>Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server.</code></p>
  
  <p>error. I even tried changing the permissions of my project to <code>777</code>, but nothing works. I should have Apache, MySQL, and PHP all running now. This is my <code>/etc/apache2/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf</code> file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;
          DocumentRoot "/Users/emai/Documents/wordpress_projects/ahrf"
          ServerName ahrf.local
          ErrorLog "/private/var/log/apache2/dummy-host2.example.com-error_log"
          CustomLog "/private/var/log/apache2/dummy-host2.example.com-access_log" common
  
          &lt;Directory "/Users/emai/Documents/wordpress_projects/ahrf"&gt;
              AllowOverride All
              Order allow,deny
              Allow from all
          &lt;/Directory&gt;
      &lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And my /etc/hosts has this line <code>127.0.0.1       ahrf.local</code> added. So it looks like my apache config + hosts file are configured properly. I even tried adding the default <code>_www</code> apache user to the <code>staff</code> group on my mac.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know how to fix this?</p>