# 403 Forbidden denying a user

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-denying-a-user/247712
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [December 4, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-denying-a-user/247712 "2022-12-04T18:51:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![iota](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba8739/32.png) [@iota](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iota)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-denying-a-user/247712/1 "2022-12-04T18:51:15Z")

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Hello all, I decided to spin up a Discourse Forum on my server but I have ran into some issues for instance when I try to allow a user or deny a user I get 403 Forbidden, If I try to edit a forum made by `system` I get 403 Forbidden so on so Fourth.  
Hopefully someone can help resolve this issue 🙂  
Thanks

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### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-denying-a-user/247712/2 "2022-12-04T21:15:29Z")

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What post in specific is this?

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### Author: ![iota](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba8739/32.png) [@iota](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iota)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-denying-a-user/247712/3 "2022-12-04T21:31:12Z")

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What do you mean? if you’re talking about the post on my Forum it is the Welcome Message

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### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-denying-a-user/247712/4 "2022-12-04T21:31:53Z")

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So you’re just seeing “403 forbidden” when trying ot edit the welcome message? Are you seeing anything else in [yoursite.com](http://yoursite.com/logs)?

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### Author: ![iota](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba8739/32.png) [@iota](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iota)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-denying-a-user/247712/5 "2022-12-04T21:35:18Z")

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No last log I see was at 1:30 PST stating `Deprecation notice: `SiteSetting.secure\_media`has been deprecated. Please use`SiteSetting.secure\_uploads` instead. (removal in Discourse 3.0) At /redacted/site_setting_extension.rb:211`

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### Author: ![darkpixlz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/darkpixlz/32/549896_2.png) [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-denying-a-user/247712/6 "2022-12-04T21:36:00Z")

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That wouldn’t explain it. This is a fresh install with no plugins, right?

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### Author: ![iota](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba8739/32.png) [@iota](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iota)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-denying-a-user/247712/7 "2022-12-04T21:41:18Z")

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Yeah, no modifications made to it

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/403-forbidden-denying-a-user/247712/8 "2022-12-05T09:57:54Z")

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Hello and welcome @iota 🙂

Just to check, is this a [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true) following the guide?