Openid forbidden error

Question

After I was able to get it (open id library) installed properly, I am facing some problems in getting it to work. I am using the open id selector a jquery plugin.

The problem is that when I click on any open id provider image I get an error message saying something like this (after the form is posted to try_auth.php with necessary parameters).

'Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /Auth/try_auth.php on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.'

what is wrong with my configuration.? please help.

I have hosted my site on a shared hosting. Does openid implementation has something to do with this.?
I am asking this because I am not able to set the PHP settings through this method 'ini_set()' in my script. thanks

Answer 1

You say auth_try.php in your description.

The server error says try_auth.php.

Are you sure the file is there? Can you access http://yourserver/Auth/try%5Fauth.php ? If not, you most probably have a configuration problem in your web server and you'll have to provide more information for others to be able to help.

One question that comes to mind: is this the only PHP file that's not working?

Answer 2

Well It took me quite a long time to find a solution for this one.

Actually I had to contact the webhosting service provider support for this because the rules implemented by openid library were interfering with the mod rewrite rules of hosting provider.

They resolved this problem by adding my site to their whitelist.

And then all worked fine (thank God)

hope it helps someone facing this similar problem.