How to fix permission denied error on any document on website

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http://serverfault.com – So, I've been trying to setup Wordpress for a while now (so much for their 5min install claim) and have just gotten stuck. No matter what, I just get: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /wordpress/ on this server. When I look at the /var/www/wordpress directory, I see: # ls -l total 276 -rw-r----- 1 www-data www-data 397 2008-05-25 20:33 index.php -rw-r----- 1 www-data www-data 7669 2011-02-15 17:48 readme.html drw-r----- 8 www-data www-data 4096 2012-03-05 20:55 wp-admin -rw-r----- 1 www-data www-data 40400 2009-10-25 10:32 wp-app.php -rw-r----- 1 www-data www-data 220 (HowTos)

Submitted by dayu on 03/06/2012 – Made popular on 03/06/2012

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