title: Reading magento 1.9x htaccess file
body: <p>I've downloaded and installed Magento 1.9.x together with sample data on my Mac.</p>
  
  <p>I've added an entry to my hosts file as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>127.0.0.1    local.magento.test
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And in httpd-vhosts.conf I have the path to the web root set:</p>
  
  <pre><code>DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents/vhosts/magento.test/httpdocs"
  ServerName local.magento.test 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm getting a 403 saying </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Server unable to read htaccess file, denying access to be safe</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>If I look in the apache error log it seems that it is trying to read the .htaccess file from the magento.test directory, not httpdocs</p>
  
  <pre><code>Permission denied: ... /Library/WebServer/Documents/vhosts/magento.test/.htaccess
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any ideas or suggestions much appreciated</p>