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While perform a walk using Webinator, I kept on getting this error on some of the documents. What is the cause and how do I troubleshoot the following error messages while walking a site?

The link : http://www.mywebsite.com/fact/
Referenced by : http://www.mywebsite.com/fact/folder_a/
http://www.mywebsite.com/fact/folder_b/
Had this error: Document access forbidden:
http://www.mywebsite.com/fact/ returned code 403 (Access Forbidden)

If broken link(s) were encountered during the walk for a particular folder, does the walking of subsequent sub-folder be skipped? For my case, the walk either skipped or halted (finished). I have about 500+ documents in my website but due to this problem, only 150+ documents can be processed. I am getting lost; the manual doesn't helpl much.

Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks.

What form of basic authentication are you referring to?

The type of documents in the website, www.mywebsite.com are .html,.pdf & .js -> Mostly static pages.

The documents have the following permissions:
for file: -rw-r--r--
for directory: drwxr-xr-x

Are you saying that any URL-related issues must be resolved before Webinator can fetch the remaining pages?

HTTP standard authentication. Document type is not relevant. Filesystem perms are probably not relevant either since they look ok. The website must be fully navigable with a web browser for it to be fully indexed. Password protected pages need the password supplied under "all walk settings".

Well, I guess I overlook the trivial stuff. You guys are absolutely correct. Upon enabling the Directory Browsing, now most of the documents (except those related to broken link) can be walked. Thanks a lot.