[cPanel] “.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable”
User complain he can’t access his site, with site error shows “403 Forbidden Error”.
When I check his cpanel error log, I get
[Sun Jul 13 01:15:32 2008] [crit] [client 218.208.xxx.xxx] (13)Permission denied: /home/mydomain/public_html/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable
I thought it was .htaccess issue, so I trying to delete it. But .htaccess is can’t be deleted. After Googling I found From Techie Corner’s blog. And this is what I’ve done
- Login into your CPanel account
- Click on “Frontpage Extensions” icon
- Click on “Install extensions” button beside your problem domain.
- Done. The “.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file” problem has been fixed.

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