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Question

" 403 - Forbidden: Access is denied."

Aug 29, 2018 11:53PM PDT

I recently have been getting the following message for a website which in the past I have accessed scores of times. What "credentials" do I have to supply and where?

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403 - Forbidden: Access is denied.
You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.

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Thanks.

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Re: forbidden
Aug 30, 2018 1:07AM PDT

You have to ask their webmaster. Even if you had posted the URL, nobody else can tell.

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Thanks, Kees; but there's no way to contact the webmaster!..
Aug 30, 2018 1:15AM PDT

Thanks, Kees; but there's no way to contact the webmaster because I can't access the web site. I suspect that the web site has run into some problem. (It was an excellent web site.)

Thanks again, and regards.

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(NT) Try a different browser.
Aug 30, 2018 1:47AM PDT
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error
Aug 30, 2018 7:18AM PDT

try to connect to webmaster or get access from another browser.