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This is happening on IOS 5. I have turn the web server ON in the sharing preferences. and enter into the safari browser.

http://localhost/

I get this error msg.

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access / on this server.

Apache/2.2.20 (Unix) DAV/2 Server at localhost Port 80

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closed as not a real question by Kyle Cronin Nov 24 '11 at 11:32

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I'm almost sure that you mean OS X You can't run a web server on IOS 5

What system are you using to run the web server? If it's a mac try this link: running a webserver on mac

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