title: PHPMyadmin xampp error
body: <p>I'm desperately trying to get phpmyadmin access on xampp for linux 1.8.0  for ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I know this is a common problem, but I have tried many threads across the web, and I am still stuck getting it going.</p>
  
  <p>Xampp seems to be running ok, localhost start page good, including link to phpmyadmin in the sidebar. When I follow that link I get a 403 error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Access forbidden!</p>
    
    <p>New XAMPP security concept:</p>
    
    <p>Access to the requested directory is only available from the local
    network.</p>
    
    <p>This setting can be configured in the file "httpd-xampp.conf".</p>
    
    <p>If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.</p>
    
    <p>Error 403</p>
    
    <p>localhost Apache/2.4.2 (Unix) OpenSSL/1.0.1c PHP/5.4.4</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I have tried numerous things, including amending httpd-xampp.conf, the relevant bits of which now look like: <a href="http://pastebin.com/J4f4tNVs" rel="noreferrer">http://pastebin.com/J4f4tNVs</a></p>
  
  <p>my /opt/lampp/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php looks like: <a href="http://pastebin.com/5PZPXK5s" rel="noreferrer">http://pastebin.com/5PZPXK5s</a></p>
  
  <p>Following other instructions I changed ownership of /lampp with:</p>
  
  <pre><code>chown -Rv nobody:root ./lampp/*
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Please help me!</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,
  Matt</p>