
What is 403 error Forbidden
Have you just come across a page announcing the message “403 Forbidden” or “403: Access denied” or “403 Forbidden – NGINX”? Let’s explain it all. What does a 403 error mean? 403 error = server understood your request but refuses to execute it. The HTTP 403 error code is a code returned by the server to the client (your browser) when the client requests a page, a resource, … When all goes well, the server returns code 200. When the requested page displays the message “Error 403 Forbidden” or one of its variants, the server signals that it has understood the request but does not wish to respond. That is, it will not return the requested web page, file or resource. In contrast to the 404 error and or the 410 error which correspond to a problem on the server, the 403 error is not really an error but information:…