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403 during upgrade to release 12

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Topic: 403 during upgrade to release 12

Posted By: jpullam2
Subject: 403 during upgrade to release 12
Date Posted: 21 April 2022 at 4:08pm

I am working on the upgrade and got through the questions about the database and release change, etc. then I was confronted with a 403 forbidden error and the address bar shows https://forum.xxxxxxxxxx.com/setup_db.asp?setup=11Update " rel="nofollow - https://forum.xxxxxxxxxx.com/setup_db.asp?setup=11Update ;

(I'm masking the site name)

I am guessing that there is a bad permission somewhere but cannot see where. All the entities appear to have execute permission. Is there something specific that I am missing to let the upgrade go ahead?

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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 22 April 2022 at 9:53am

If you are able to access other ASP pages in the same folder the 403 forbidden error will most likely be a false positive from a Web Application Firewall.

Try contacting your hosting provider regarding the error message.

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https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting
https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting

Posted By: jpullam2
Date Posted: 23 April 2022 at 4:26pm

That was it. Problem solved. Thanx.