Package: apache2 Version: 2.4.23-2 Severity: wishlist After upgrading one now gets Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. Server unable to read htaccess file, denying access to be safe Apache/2.4.23 (Debian) Server at transgender-taiwan.org Port 80 so one must do $ chmod +x any parent directories This didn't use to be the case. Just want to let you know.