https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/some-uploads-cant-be-viewed-403-forbidden-file-permissions-deny-server-access Gravity Support Forums Topic: Some uploads can't be viewed (403 forbidden; file permissions deny server access en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:40:16 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/some-uploads-cant-be-viewed-403-forbidden-file-permissions-deny-server-access#post-44200 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:29:20 +0000 Chris Hajer 44200@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Were you able to resolve this issue, iron? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/some-uploads-cant-be-viewed-403-forbidden-file-permissions-deny-server-access#post-44156 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:07:34 +0000 iron 44156@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks, Chris. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/some-uploads-cant-be-viewed-403-forbidden-file-permissions-deny-server-access#post-44090 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:22:10 +0000 Chris Hajer 44090@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I'm not sure why that would be, most likely something with the server configuration. But there is a hook in Gravity Forms that will allow you to override the default permissions.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Gform_file_permission" rel="nofollow">gfrm_file_permission</a></p> <p>Here is an explanation of where you place that code (in your theme's functions.php):<br /> <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Where_Do_I_Put_This_Code%3F" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Where_Do_I_Put_This_Code%3F</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/some-uploads-cant-be-viewed-403-forbidden-file-permissions-deny-server-access#post-43952 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:51:18 +0000 iron 43952@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Some uploaded files (<code>example.org/wp-content/uploads/gravity_forms/2/2011/11/file.pdf</code>) can't be viewed, showing 403 Forbidden.</p> <p>Apache log says <code>Permission denied: file permissions deny server access</code> and FTP shows these files as <code>rw-------</code>.</p> <p>But most files in /gravity_forms/ are <code>rw-r--r--</code>, which allows them to be viewed. The <code>rw-------</code> files seem to be distributed randomly.</p> <p>Any idea why GF is saving some with the wrong permissions, and how I could fix it? </p>