I always get this message when I would like access my phpMyAdmin.
w3m localhost/phpmyadmin
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /phpmyadmin/ on this server.
Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS) Server at localhost Port 80
Install steps:
rpm --import http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
yum install http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2- 2.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm
yum install phpmyadmin
Add Aliases
vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf
Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin
Alias /phpMyAdmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin
Alias /mysqladmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin
Change from cookie to http
vi /usr/share/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php
[...]
/* Authentication type */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'http';
[...]
Restart
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
SELinux - /etc/httpd
drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_config_t:s0 .
drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 ..
drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_config_t:s0 conf
drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_config_t:s0 conf.d
lrwxrwxrwx. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_log_t:s0 logs -> ../../var/log/httpd
lrwxrwxrwx. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_modules_t:s0 modules -> ../../usr/lib64/httpd/modules
lrwxrwxrwx. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_config_t:s0 run -> ../../var/run/httpd
SELinux - /usr/share/phpmyadmin
drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0 .
drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0 ..
-rw-r--r--. root root system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0 browse_foreigners.php
-rw-r--r--. root root system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0 calendar.php
-rw-r--r--. root root system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0 changelog.php
-rw-r--r--. root root system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0 chk_rel.phph
.
.
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-rw-r--r--. root root system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0 view_create.php
OS
centos-release-6-0.el6.centos.5.x86_64
Edit your httpd.conf file as follows:
# nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Add the following lines here:
<Directory "/usr/share/phpmyadmin">
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
Issue the following command:
# service httpd restart
If your problem is not solved then disable your SELinux.