title: Error 403 as I try to open phpmyadmin. What do I do to correct it?
body: <p>As I try open <code>localhost/phpmyadmin/</code> I get the following error :</p>
  
  <pre><code>Access forbidden!
  
  New XAMPP security concept:
  
  Access to the requested directory 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
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why is that ? I opened the <code>httpd-xampp.conf</code> file but I don't know what to do in that.</p>
  
  <p>This is the complete <code>httpd-xampp.conf</code> file :</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;IfDefine PHP4&gt;
  LoadModule php4_module        modules/libphp4.so
  &lt;/IfDefine&gt;
  &lt;IfDefine PHP5&gt;
  LoadModule php5_module        modules/libphp5.so
  &lt;/IfDefine&gt;
  # Disabled in XAMPP 1.8.0-beta2 because of current incompatibilities with Apache 2.4
  # LoadModule perl_module        modules/mod_perl.so
  
  
  Alias /phpmyadmin "/opt/lampp/phpmyadmin"
  Alias /phpsqliteadmin "/opt/lampp/phpsqliteadmin"
  
  # since XAMPP 1.4.3
  &lt;Directory "/opt/lampp/phpmyadmin"&gt;
      AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all
  &lt;/Directory&gt;
  
  &lt;Directory "/opt/lampp/phpsqliteadmin"&gt;
      AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all
  &lt;/Directory&gt;
  
  # since LAMPP 1.0RC1
  AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .php4
  
  XBitHack on
  
  # since 0.9.8 we've mod_perl
  &lt;IfModule mod_perl.c&gt;
      AddHandler perl-script .pl
      PerlHandler ModPerl::PerlRunPrefork
      PerlOptions +ParseHeaders
      PerlSendHeader On
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  # demo for mod_perl responsehandler
  #PerlModule Apache::CurrentTime
  #&lt;Location /time&gt;
  #      SetHandler modperl
  #      PerlResponseHandler Apache::CurrentTime
  #&lt;/Location&gt;
  
  # AcceptMutex sysvsem is default but on some systems we need this
  # thanks to jeff ort for this hint
  #AcceptMutex flock
  #LockFile /opt/lampp/logs/accept.lock
  
  # this makes mod_dbd happy - oswald, 02aug06
  # mod_dbd doesn't work in Apache 2.2.3: getting always heaps of "glibc detected *** corrupted double-linked list" on shutdown - oswald, 10sep06
  #DBDriver sqlite3
  
  #
  # New XAMPP security concept
  #
  &lt;LocationMatch "^/(?i:(?:xampp|security|licenses|phpmyadmin|webalizer|server-status|server-info))"&gt;
      Order deny,allow
      Deny from all
      Allow from ::1 127.0.0.0/8 \
          fc00::/7 10.0.0.0/8 172.16.0.0/12 192.168.0.0/16 \
          fe80::/10 169.254.0.0/16
  
      ErrorDocument 403 /error/XAMPP_FORBIDDEN.html.var
  &lt;/LocationMatch&gt;
  </code></pre>