How to Fix Forbidden and Permission Denied Error Messages on your Apache Setup
Addressing common Apache install errors on the How to Set Up Apache and PHP which I did awhile back.
• How to Set Up Apache and PHP on MacOS
For a start make sure that we have the configuration files correct.
Check the File access for
Owner
Group
Everyone
Check for File permissions
4 - Read
2 - Write
1 - Execute
Folders should be 755 and files should be 644.
Correcting myself on the video - to add a user to a group use the folllowing command.
sudo adduser username grouptoadd