Thanks, I have everything 777ed. I figured it was easier to have everything CHMODed to 777 until I can sort this out.

Though you are right, it appears to be a permission issue, since 403 is an HTTP Forbidden error.

I tend to believe it is more of a path problem, since changes to the path info return the same error. I really think I'm just not thinking right .. in terms of paths.

thanks