{"id":134,"date":"2011-11-27T07:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T07:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/?p=134"},"modified":"2011-11-27T07:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T07:41:00","slug":"mod_security-disable-how-to-disable-mod_security-for-a-user","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/mod_security-disable-how-to-disable-mod_security-for-a-user\/","title":{"rendered":"mod_security disable &#8211; how to disable mod_security for a user."},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<p>I found information about an optional Apache module called mod_security. This is a very nice module that acts as an Apache firewall \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it blocks a lot of the usual routes that people use to hack websites. In particular it scans POST requests (sent when you \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcsave\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 something on a website\u00e2\u20ac\u2122), and displays a 406 error for anything controversial.<\/p>\n<p>The solution was very simple. The following lines were added to the .htaccess  file to disable mod_security:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: black;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<pre dir=\"ltr\" style=\"border: 1px inset; color: black; height: 1114px; margin: 0px -99999px 0px 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 3px; text-align: left; width: 98%;\"><ifmodule mod_security.c><br \/>SecFilterEngine Off<br \/>SecFilterScanPOST Off<br \/><\/IfModule><br \/><br \/>In case if this didn't work, then create a conf file and disable mod_security for the domain. Follow the steps below<br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/>You have to create a individual rule for that domain. You can see the conf via Apache.<br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/>-----------<br \/><br \/>\u00c2\u00a0Include \"\/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/userdata\/*.conf\" Include \"\/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/userdata\/*.owner-root\" Include \"\/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/userdata\/std\/*.conf\" Include \"\/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/userdata\/std\/*.owner-root\" Include \"\/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/userdata\/std\/2\/*.conf\" Include \"\/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/userdata\/std\/2\/*.owner-root\"<br \/><br \/>-----------  <br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/>Now create a customized file to disable mod_security for that domain alone.<br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/># cd \/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/userdata\/std\/2\/ # mkdir USERNAME (e.g domain name is google.com and the username is goog then create a directory as goog)<br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/># cd goog\/ # mkdir google.com # cd google.com # touch mod_security2.conf # vi mod_security2.conf   Now, add these lines in that file<br \/><br \/><br \/><br \/><ifmodule mod_security2.c><br \/>SecRuleEngine Off<br \/><\/IfModule><br \/><br \/>save and exit<br \/><br \/>Then restart apache<br \/>\/etc\/init.d\/httpd restart<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found information about an optional Apache module called mod_security. 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