Problems with .pdf-files in Joomla 1.6

I've installed a Joomla 1.6 template, and everything is working fine except 1 thing.

I have uploaded some .pdf-files somewhere in the file system and people who visit the site can view or download these pdf-files, but when I click on the link or trying to right-click and "Save as target" I get an error message like this:

Forbidden

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

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. Apache mod_fcgid/2.3.6 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at website Port 80

I've logged in as administrato开发者_开发问答r and checked if I found anything that denies access to files with .pdf extension, but all I found was that it seems like a .htaccess-file is being created in the same folder as the .pdf-files just after I'm trying to open them in my browser.

The content of the .htaccess file that is being created is this:

deny from all

I have also tried to edit this files content to "allow from all", and tried to delete it too, but Joomla is just changing it back.

Anyone know why or what that prevents me from viewing or downloading the pdf-files?

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If it's a UNIX/Linux server you can FTP in with a client that shows permissions like FileZilla. It's probably the permissions associated with the parent folder cascading down to these files. Try to see if you can upload an image to the images folder and if you can save it the same way you're trying to save the PDFs. If downloading the image to your machine works, I would then look at the permissions settings. If you're not sure which permissions to look for, check out this: http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/filepermissions.html

Usually a client can download/view files with permissions of 644 or higher.