# \[Resolved\]Suddenly... Forbidden access to Gramps Wiki **URL:** \ **Category:** Feedback\ **Tags:** wiki\ **Created:** [February 24, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092 "2025-02-24T15:40:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/1 "2025-02-24T15:40:02Z")
I am unable to access any [Gramps wiki](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/) URL. Anyone else having this problem? > # Forbidden > > You don’t have permission to access this resource.Server unable to read htaccess file, denying access to be safe > > Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/2 "2025-02-24T16:27:16Z")
If the htaccess is the problem, can it be changed while being fixed? to allow DuckDuckGo to index the site? ---
**Author:** ![Nick-Hall](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/nick-hall/32/95_2.png) [@Nick-Hall](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Nick-Hall)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/3 "2025-02-24T16:33:50Z")
> [@emyoulation](#): > > Anyone else having this problem? Yes. I had a problem yesterday and also earlier today. Weblate also seems to detect a problem and raise a warning. ---
**Author:** ![Cynwrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Cynwrite](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Cynwrite)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/4 "2025-02-24T19:41:51Z")
I am also having this issue. ---
**Author:** ![gramps-project](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/gramps-project/32/398_2.png) [@gramps-project](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/gramps-project)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/5 "2025-02-24T19:43:41Z")
I’m investigating what has happened, will report back. Wiki was working six hours ago when I last checked. Sam ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/6 "2025-02-24T19:54:23Z")
> [@emyoulation](#): > > to allow DuckDuckGo to index the site? > asked the Duck.AI … Its answer was a bit overzealous. Also included blocking the competition To allow DuckDuckGo to index your site while blocking other bots, you can use the `.htaccess` file to create rules that specifically allow DuckDuckGo’s crawler. DuckDuckGo uses the user-agent string `DuckDuckBot`. Here’s how you can set it up: 1. **Access your `.htaccess` file** : This file is usually located in the root directory of your website. You can access it via FTP or through your web hosting control panel. 2. **Add the following code** : Insert the following lines into your `.htaccess` file: ```python RewriteEngine On # Allow DuckDuckGo RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DuckDuckBot [NC] RewriteRule ^ - [L] # Block all other bots RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*(bot|crawl|slurp|spider|archive|wget|curl).*$ [NC] RewriteRule ^ - [F,L] ``` ---
**Author:** ![gramps-project](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/gramps-project/32/398_2.png) [@gramps-project](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/gramps-project)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/7 "2025-02-24T20:43:35Z")
> [@emyoulation](#): > > **`htaccess` file** : Thanks confirming nothing to do with the **`htaccess` file** Waiting a2hosting to respond to ticket, will update later. ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/8 "2025-02-24T22:22:40Z")
We are fortunate that the WordPress (with its [Download](https://gramps-project.org/blog/download/) page links to GitHub), [Sphinx](https://gramps-project.org/api_3_3_x/genindex.html) and redirect to the [MantisBT](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/my_view_page.php) portions are still working. The [SourceForge Mailing lists](https://sourceforge.net/p/gramps/mailman/gramps-users/) and, of course, this forum are hosted elsewhere. Just the MediaWiki is affected. ---
**Author:** ![gramps-project](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/gramps-project/32/398_2.png) [@gramps-project](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/gramps-project)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/9 "2025-02-24T22:35:03Z")
> [@emyoulation](#): > > Just the MediaWiki is affected. Correct. Waiting on A2hosting. ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/10 "2025-02-24T23:25:53Z")
MantisBT now has a yellow header: > **[Gramps Wiki](https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.2_Wiki_Manual#Table_of_Contents) is currently not available** > The [Gramps Wiki](https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.2_Wiki_Manual#Table_of_Contents) currently not available. Please check back later. Any questions please contact [webmaster@gramps-project.org](mailto:webmaster@gramps-project.org) But it accepted a note added moments before that appeared in: [https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13660](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=13660) ---
**Author:** ![gramps-project](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/gramps-project/32/398_2.png) [@gramps-project](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/gramps-project)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/11 "2025-02-24T23:52:00Z")
Wiki is back. Seems to have been a permissions issue on the wiki directory and this was fixed by a2hosting. Thank you all for your patience. ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/12 "2025-02-24T23:56:34Z")
MantisBT (and the wiki ) is reporting a Bad Gateway Host error. ---
**Author:** ![gramps-project](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/gramps-project/32/398_2.png) [@gramps-project](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/gramps-project)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/13 "2025-02-24T23:57:41Z")
host has been restarted please wait. ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/14 "2025-02-25T00:31:52Z")
Half an hour later. MantisBT is taking 30-45 second to respond to any request. (The warning banner is now gone though.) The wiki is taking in excess of a minute per page ---
**Author:** ![gramps-project](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/gramps-project/32/398_2.png) [@gramps-project](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/gramps-project)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/15 "2025-02-25T00:33:56Z")
Backup in progress, please be patient for at least 3 hours sorry! ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/16 "2025-02-25T00:38:47Z")
Thanks for all the effort today… and all those other behind the scenes tasks that keep the site running. ---
**Author:** ![gramps-project](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/gramps-project/32/398_2.png) [@gramps-project](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/gramps-project)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/17 "2025-02-25T02:27:43Z")
Done. Website should be back to normal. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/2ac1e712b7adf612e31ca08a55419f4cf37c0158.png) [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/resolved-suddenly-forbidden-access-to-gramps-wiki/7092/18 "2025-03-27T02:28:14Z")
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