title: Apache gives 403 forbidden
body: <p>I recently had to reinstall Ubuntu and everything else as my SSD crashed.</p>
  
  <p>I've got Apache/MySQL/PHP set up and can access localhost/ without problems. Running PHP and MySQL works fine as well.</p>
  
  <p>I keep my projects in a Dropbox folder (since the crash) located at <code>/home/powerbuoy/Dropbox/Projects/</code> and have set up VHOSTs that point to some of the projects in there. I've also set up <code>/etc/hosts</code> so that I can access my projects through <code>http://project-name.dev</code>.</p>
  
  <p>However, when I try to visit <code>http://any-project.dev</code> all I get is <code>403 forbidden</code>. I've run <code>chmod -R 777 Projects/</code> and all the files and folders are now green in the terminal. That didn't help.</p>
  
  <p>I checked the error-logs and they say:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[crit] [client 127.0.0.1] (13)Permission denied: /home/powerbuoy/Dropbox/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But there isn't even supposed to be a <code>.htaccess</code> file anywhere there.</p>
  
  <p>I even set up a completely empty project (<code>/home/powerbuoy/Dropbox/Projects/test/index.php</code> with just <code>&lt;?php phpinfo()</code> inside), set up a VHOST and a <code>http://test.dev</code> URL. I get the same error here.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>
  
  <p>Edit: I tried moving my test project to the desktop (<code>/home/powerbuoy/Desktop/test/</code>) and now it works :P</p>
  
  <p>Perhaps it has something to do with the projects being located inside the Dropbox folder??</p>