Web server returns 403 after I enabled FTP server

Hi --

My web server has started returning a 403, coincidentally after I activated Server's FTP service.

This is what shows up in the error log:

Permission denied: /Library/Server/Web/Data/Sites/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable

There is no .htaccess file in the Sites directory, however.

I added an empty one readable by owner, group, everyone (-rw-r--r-- 1 <me> wheel 0 Oct 15 16:42 .htaccess).

And I turned off the FTP service.

But I still get the same error.

Mods look ok to my eye, which is unreliable:

$ pwd

/Library/Server/Web/Data/Sites/Default

$ ls -alG

total 296

drwxr-xr-x+ 21 root wheel 714 Oct 9 15:57 .

drwxr-x--- 3 <me> wheel 102 Oct 15 16:44 ..

drwxr-xr-x+ 2 root wheel 68 Mar 10 2013 NetBoot

-rw-r--r--+ 1 root wheel 102749 Feb 1 2013 Server.png

...

Whoops.