(WEIRD problem) Not following directories!!! (0t)

Hi, Heres a totally weird problem, I created some folders on our server (which we are accessing only via ip as the domain has not been resolved) but I get an error when i try to access the folder(s)! eg: (I created this folder) ryan and i try to access it like this: http://208.234.29.220/ryan/ and it gives me this error: "You don't have permission to access /ryan/ on this server." Which is totally weird coz I have NOTHING in that folder right now...not even a .htaccess file What could be wrong? I have looked in my httpd.conf file and on google but cant seem to find anything...any ideas? Thanks, -Ryan