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Can you explain the common error codes like 404 and 403?


Here are the most common HTTP error codes and their meanings:

401: Authorization Required
This error code means that you must have special access to view this page. You may
see the "401 - Authorization Required" error message when you try to view a web
page with limited access.
Solution: Must have a user name and password.

403: Forbidden
This error message is generated when you try to access a file that has not been
correctly configured. (The file needs to be set with "read permissions" for all
users.)
Solution: Please see the FAQ: I get a 403 error when I go to my website.

404: Page not found
This error means that there was no web page with the name you specified at the web
site. This could happen for a variety of reasons:
1. The document does not exist anymore.
2. The document may have been renamed.
3. The document has moved.
Solution: Decrease/go back one level, i.e. you delete the last part of the address
up to the next line ("/") and request this site. You may find the whereabouts of
the document you are requesting. If that does not function, call ONLY the Domain
name.
For example: http://www.domain-of-your-choice.com/directory/example.html does not
exist. Try (1st step): http://www.domain-of-your-choice.com/directory/ and (2nd
step): http://www.domain-of-your-choice.com/

500: Internal server error (Bad Script Request)
1. The script, which runs on the server, could not be implemented. This message
arises, for example, if a Perl script is either syntactically not correct or the
implementing rights were not assigned.
2. There is a .htaccess file within the folder that the domain name/page is held,
or within a previous directory, and this file is configured incorrectly and, as
such, stalling the running of the Apache web server for your space.
Solution: Examine the script's syntactic correctness and amend it if you have the
necessary access rights.


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