Hello all, first time posting here but lurking for some time now Anyway, yesterday I rented out a VPS and installed ISPConfig 3 there following one of the Perfect guides for Debian 7. All good and everything running nice, until today where I noticed that if refreshing a page enough times, browsing quick enough through ISPConfig settings or even checking emails via Roundcube, it gives me random 403 pages. That definetely points to an Apache misconfiguration or limitation but I don't know what causes this. Error log shows this for example: [error] [client XX.XXX.XX.XXX] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/ I simply have no idea what can cause this and I repeat that all my installation was done by the tee using the guides here on HowtoForge. I also should stress that I'm more of a Linux enthusiast and can safely be considered as a "noob" Would anyone kindly help me out with that? Best regards, Arky
Hello and thanks so much for the blazing fast response! :O This is the output: Code: ls /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/ actions.conf autoindex.load include.load rewrite.load actions.load cgi.load mime.conf ruby.load alias.conf deflate.conf mime.load setenvif.conf alias.load deflate.load mod-evasive.load setenvif.load auth_basic.load dir.conf negotiation.conf ssl.conf authn_file.load dir.load negotiation.load ssl.load authz_default.load env.load php5.conf status.conf authz_groupfile.load fastcgi.conf php5.load status.load authz_host.load fastcgi.load python.load suexec.load authz_user.load fcgid.conf reqtimeout.conf suphp.conf autoindex.conf fcgid.load reqtimeout.load suphp.load
You have the apache module mod-evasive, the purpose of this module is to deny further access with a 403 request when too many request come from the same ip or when someone reloads a page more then the specified numbers. So the behaviour of your server is ok as it does exactly what mod-evasive shall do. This module is not part of the perfect server guide, so you must have installed it separately. If you dont want to use it, then disable it again with: a2dismod mod-evasive service apache2 restart
Thank you so much till for your prompt and concise response. Everything works perfectly now! Best wishes, Arky
