Using XAMPP, Error 403 Access Forbidden

(FOUND A WORKING SOLUTION): http://maff.ailoo.net/2008/07/set-up-multiple-virtual-hosts-on-xampp-for-windows/

 <VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
 DocumentRoot D:/srv/xampp/projects/testproject/public
 ServerName testproject

 <Directory "D:/srv/xampp/projects/testproject/public">
  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
  AllowOverride All
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
 </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

This worked for me with Ubuntu 11.10 and version 1.7.7 in httpd.conf i've added the # in the directory to have it work with vhosts. My vhosts were located outside of the root folder...

And change user and group from nobody to your username:

User nobody
Group nobody
</IfModule>
</IfModule>

#
# Each directory to which Apache has access can be configured with respect
# to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that
# directory (and its subdirectories).
#
# First, we configure the "default" to be a very restrictive set of
# features.
#
<Directory />
# Options FollowSymLinks
# AllowOverride None
# Order deny,allow
# Deny from all
</Directory>

In the apache folder, go to extra and then open file httpd-xamp.conf.

Edit the following lines:

<LocationMatch "^/(?i:(?:xampp|security|licenses|phpmyadmin|webalizer|server-status|server-info))">
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
    Allow from 127.0.0.0/8 
    ErrorDocument 403 /error/HTTP_XAMPP_FORBIDDEN.html.var
</LocationMatch>

Change the above configuration like below:

<LocationMatch "^/(?i:(?:xampp|security|licenses|phpmyadmin|webalizer|server-status|server-info))">
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
    Allow from all
    ErrorDocument 403 /error/HTTP_XAMPP_FORBIDDEN.html.var
</LocationMatch>

Now restart XAMPP, it will work.

Here is an update for newer versions of XAMMP. The syntax has changed a little. Note the line: Require all granted in the Directory block.

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
  DocumentRoot D:/srv/xampp/projects/testproject/public
  ServerName testproject

 <Directory "D:/srv/xampp/projects/testproject/public">
   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
   AllowOverride All
   Require all granted
 </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Using XAMPP, Error 403 Access Forbidden

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