I’m not entirely sure of the culprit here because on a Unix machine the problem does not exist.  If you are encountering “Error 403: Forbidden” errors try this on a Windows host.

Options +FollowSymLinks

http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=159470.0;wap2

The resulting explanation seems fairly solid but it simply cannot be true if it is working on a host without that option.  So, I wonder then if the Unix host has that directive enabled by default in all Virtual Hosts.

Hrmm…

Interesting, albeit odd, site about 404s — the error you get when a document does not exist at a specific URL.

http://www.plinko.net/404/custom.asp

EDIT: I actually forgot I linked another page on this site only a few hours ago.  No wonder this is a blog to remember items I come across.

Here’s a nifty tip, although I’m not sure of its validity.

http://www.plinko.net/404/howto.asp?article=3