Access Forbidden Error 403 |
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The 4xx class of status code is intended for cases in which the client seems
to have erred. Except when responding to a HEAD request, the server SHOULD
include an entity containing an explanation of the error situation, and
whether it is a temporary or permanent condition. These status codes are
applicable to any request method. User agents SHOULD display any included
entity to the user.
If the client is sending data, a server implementation using TCP SHOULD be
careful to ensure that the client acknowledges receipt of the packet(s)
containing the response, before the server closes the input connection. If the
client continues sending data to the server after the close, the server's TCP
stack will send a reset packet to the client, which may erase the client's
unacknowledged input buffers before they can be read and interpreted by the
HTTP application.
The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it. Authorization
will not help and the request SHOULD NOT be repeated. If the request method was
not HEAD and the server wishes to make public why the request has not been
fulfilled, it SHOULD describe the reason for the refusal in the entity. If the
server does not wish to make this information available to the client, the
status code 404 (Not Found) can be used instead.
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