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Joined: Feb 2007
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I am getting an error anytime I try to update the settings in the General area of Display Options.
This error states "HTTP 406 Not Acceptable"
What gives? Any ideas? I know that the permissions required by the ubb software are met as I have changed all of them and everything passes. Also, the board seems to be functioning for now.
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Joined: Jun 2006
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Former Developer
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The only time I've seen anyone get the 406 error is if they have the mod_security module enabled, and it's catching some oddball phrase that it doesn't like. If you are on a hosted server, you should ask if they are running this.
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Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 16,533 Likes: 150
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Joined: Jun 2006
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Ding ding ding, mod_security has another victim...
Your error log should hold the phraise that pays, if it's something critical to running your forum, you'll need to provide the string to your webhost; if it's something random that you'll never see again; you can usually ignore it.
mod_security is a module which identifies "strings" at a set list of known exploits, most of the time it goes overboard and flags legit scripts as mallicious; keyword targeting at its worse.
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Joined: Feb 2007
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Thanks all. I am amazed at the knowledge on this board.
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Joined: Jun 2006
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'eh I worked for a webhost for several years, in the later timeframe they instituted mod_security so I got to have fun troubleshooting issues until i found out the woes involved, then it became easy to troubleshoot most issues lol
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