Virtual Hosts Error 403

[Gee Bee]

Hi,

Im totally new to setting up apache like this so please forgive any "obvious" questions or errors!

I downloaded and installed apache2 and mysql using XAMPP on a windows XP Pro machine (yes, i hear all the groans out there!!!) for a php development enviroment. I then edited my windows hosts file and added 127.0.0.1 mySite.dev

I then open the httpd-vhosts file, uncommented the NameVirtualHost *.80 line and added the following as a virtual host,

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/websites/mySite.dev/publish"
ServerName mySite.dev
</VirtualHost>

Then restared apache, however now whenever i try http://mySite.dev or http://localhost i get the 403 error. What am i doing wrong/omitting?

Any help would be met with masses of gratitude!

[Preast]

I had the same problem, but solved it like this:

<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Allow from all             ## Changed this from "Deny from all" ##
    Satisfy all
</Directory>

Hope it helped you!