Forbidden You don't have permission to access /admin/categories.php on this server.

[Tony DA SILVA]

Hello,

 

If I edit a product, and after making some changes, I and make a preview and a update, I get this error message and nothing change.

 

"Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /admin/categories.php on this server."

 

I alreagy have all permissions 0777 on categories.php

 

Do someboddy know what is this problem.

 

Thanks for the help

[web-project]

try to put permission/chmod 777 or 755 instead of 0777.

[chrisptx]

Hello,

 

If I edit a product, and after making some changes, I and make a preview and a update, I get this error message and nothing change.

 

"Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /admin/categories.php on this server."

 

I alreagy have all permissions 0777 on categories.php

 

Do someboddy know what is this problem.

 

Thanks for the help

 

Do you have the admin directory password protected on your website?

[Tony DA SILVA]

Do you have the admin directory password protected on your website?

 

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the answer

 

Not yet I just tried with a basic version of my shop

[Tony DA SILVA]

Do you have the admin directory password protected on your website?

 

Hi,

I tried to set 777

 

the result still be the same

[Tony DA SILVA]

try to put permission/chmod 777 or 755 instead of 0777.

 

 

sorry

 

Hi,

I tried to set 777

 

the result still be the same

[Tony DA SILVA]

I have the solution

 

If in the description of a product your write SET or a word with SET inside (example set or xxxset or xxxxsetxxxx or "set")

 

 

and if you edit the product, and after making some changes, you make a preview and a update, you will get this error message and nothing change.

 

"Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /admin/categories.php on this server."

 

you have to banish (set) in the product page

 

 

 

I would like to know if other user of oscommerce have the same problem.

[silvervirtual]

Guys,

 

I am having the same problem - I couldn't edit anything till I came across this

 

Guess what? The last product I added before this started to happen was a "SET top box".

 

Spooky hey?

 

So I changed the product to STB instead and from them on I could edit a few more things but I still get....

 

You don't have permission to access /admin/define_mainpage.php on this server.

 

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

 

 

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Apache/1.3.37 Server at www.skunkworks.com.au Port 80

 

 

On almost every type of edit I try to do.

 

Any ideas - please email me....

 

 

[email protected]

[optix.it]

I got exactly the same problem. Tried to add paypal script and now gets

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /admin/categories.php on this server.

 

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Apache/1.3.37 Server at www.maxpassion.co.za Port 80

 

I set CMOD in admin to 755 777 as well as admin/catagories.php

 

Nothing changed. Im stuck. Please help!!!

[germ]

If you've been doing the permission changes via FTP, try using your site's Control Panel (provided by your Webhost) instead.

 

FTP won't work 100% of the time.

[lanxu]

I have the solution

 

If in the description of a product your write SET or a word with SET inside (example set or xxxset or xxxxsetxxxx or "set")

 

 

and if you edit the product, and after making some changes, you make a preview and a update, you will get this error message and nothing change.

 

"Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /admin/categories.php on this server."

 

you have to banish (set) in the product page

 

 

 

I would like to know if other user of oscommerce have the same problem.

 

This happens because your server have a security module enabled for Apache. It's called mod_security and can be turned off fully or partially with .htaccess file. In this case mod_security tries to prevent mysql injections and that's why you get permission denied message.

 

More here: http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mod_secu...ess-tricks.html

 

It can be fully disabled by adding following lines to .htaccess (DANGEROUS):

SecFilterEngine Off

SecFilterScanPOST Off

[ipman]

hi, Sir :

 

I had same problem as yours at oscommerce, when I add new product, it show that " You don't have permission to access /admin/categories.php on this server. "

 

I search , found that , you have this same problem, and then , someone post list the solution as :

 

This happens because your server have a security module enabled for Apache. It's called mod_security and can be turned off fully or partially with .htaccess file. In this case mod_security tries to prevent mysql injections and that's why you get permission denied message.

 

More here: http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mod_secu...ess-tricks.html

 

It can be fully disabled by adding following lines to .htaccess (DANGEROUS):

SecFilterEngine Off

SecFilterScanPOST Off

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=273521

 

so, I am not expert of osC, so please someone can help us to solve this problem ~???

 

 

 

 

 

This happens because your server have a security module enabled for Apache. It's called mod_security and can be turned off fully or partially with .htaccess file. In this case mod_security tries to prevent mysql injections and that's why you get permission denied message.

 

More here: http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mod_secu...ess-tricks.html

 

It can be fully disabled by adding following lines to .htaccess (DANGEROUS):

SecFilterEngine Off

SecFilterScanPOST Off

[ipman]

Dear all :

 

when I add new product at OSC, it show that " You don't have permission to access /admin/categories.php on this server. ", It happened last week, but it still allow edit those old data inside OSC, by the way, our OSC hosting at other Hosting web site, can we solve this problem by ??

 

brs,

 

~~ iPMan ~~

[drofe]

I've just encountered this message when adding a new product to a shop that has otherwise been working fine for some time. The word mod_security didn't like in my case turned out to be casino. I was pleased to find an explanation and fix here.