403 error on various webpages, error log: "client denied by server configuration:"

[postcd]

Hello,

just today i got 403 error several times and after a while same page works again and in logs are lines with "client denied by server configuration:"

Please where can i see the cause?

I checked mod security tools page, but i cant find anything related

 

[danrussell]

Hello ,

If you are getting 403 access denied error, then it might be due to ModSecurity. You should check the logs for the particular domain

cat /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log | grep "domainname.com"

If its ModSecurity, then check the reason for the error.

Thanks.

 

[postcd]

i think there is no more info in that log on what caused this access denial. only message "client denied by server configuration:", script path, date obviously

 

[kdean]

More details on modsecurity blocks should be found in:

/usr/local/apache/logs/modsec_audit.log

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

Do you have any .htaccess rules in the referenced directory that would prevent access to specific IP addresses?

Thank you.