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nginx linux-mint file-permissions bash

I'm following best practices but I've been struggling with this for a few days now and could really use some help... I've been struggling with this for a few days now and could really use some help. I'm having an scenario with my Nginx server on Linux Mint 21 where it returns a 403 Forbidden behavior when I try to access static files located in /var/www/html. I've ensured that the files exist and are readable, but I'm not quite sure what else could be wrong. My Nginx configuration is set to serve files from that directory, and the relevant portion of my configuration file (`/etc/nginx/sites-available/default`) looks like this: ```nginx server { listen 80; server_name example.com; location / { root /var/www/html; index index.html; } } ``` I've checked the file permissions for the `/var/www/html` directory and its contents, and it seems correct: ```bash ls -l /var/www/html ``` Outputs: ``` drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Oct 10 10:00 . -rw-r--r-- 1 www-data www-data 2048 Oct 10 10:01 index.html ``` The ownership is set to `www-data`, which is the user that Nginx runs under. I've also confirmed that SELinux is not enabled on my system using `sestatus`, and the output shows it is `disabled`. After making changes to the Nginx configuration, I've run `sudo nginx -t` to verify the syntax and then restarted Nginx with `sudo systemctl restart nginx`, but I'm still working with the same scenario. Are there any other configuration settings or permission issues I might be missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated! How would you solve this? My development environment is Windows. Thanks for any help you can provide! I'm open to any suggestions.