After quite some time I installed xampp again. Everything worked smoothly, only when trying to access phpmyadmin, I was greeted with
New XAMPP security concept:
Access to the requested object is only available from the local network.
This setting can be configured in the file “httpd-xampp.conf”.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 403
It is always very helpful to a) tell people to contact somone they don’t have and b) tell them to edit a file without telling them where it is and what to edit. After some poking around and several strange black magic suggestions, I found a few sources pointing towards what also worked for me. cpighin summed it up the nicest:
Open httpd-xampp.conf in a text editor – for instance by typing
sudo gedit /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-xampp.conf
Then go and find the section »since XAMPP 1.4.3«. There it should say
AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
Replace it with
AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit
Require all granted
</Directory>
Then restart xampp through
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart
and you should be good.
In case it does not solve the problem: I also did
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp security
Jorge
thanks a lot for this, I just installed xampp and that error appeared in my browser when trying to access phpmyadmin, pretty odd since a week ago I installed xampp and no problems there. anyway, I really appreciate it!!!
Jan
Thanks for the feedback, Jorge!
Did you have to perform the last step (sudo /opt/lampp/lampp security) or did it work without?