Thread:Manual talk:Short URL/403 from changing .htaccess

So I started trying to make a wiki of my own, using a shared server (provided by doteasy). To start off, the only file named .htaccess was not in a similarly named directory, but in one called "/cache". I followed the ShortURL builder instructions, so my .htaccess file now looks like: Deny from all RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/?wiki(/.*)?$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/index.php [L]

RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_URI} !-f RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_URI} !-d RewriteRule ^/?images/thumb/[0-9a-f]/[0-9a-f][0-9a-f]/([^/]+)/([0-9]+)px-.*$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/thumb.php?f=$1&width=$2 [L,QSA,B]

RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_URI} !-f RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_URI} !-d RewriteRule ^/?images/thumb/archive/[0-9a-f]/[0-9a-f][0-9a-f]/([^/]+)/([0-9]+)px-.*$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/thumb.php?f=$1&width=$2&archived=1 [L,QSA,B] and has been placed in a new directory named "/.htaccess", and my LocalSettings.php file was also changed accordingly. Now, I am getting a 403 Forbidden with the following message: "You don't have permission to access /wiki/Main_Page on this server. Server unable to read htaccess file, denying access to be safe

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request."

Is there a simple fix for this without having to contact doteasy again?