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[Solved] 404 on existing page edit/submit
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 2:35 pm
by pupppet
Out of nowhere my 1.7.1 site (php 5.2.13, no added modules) starting exhibiting a 404 issue. When you attempt to apply/submit while editing an existing page, you get a 404. This issue doesn't occur when you submit a new page. Submitting in any other area of the admin is fine, no 404's. The public view of the site is fine. Error log doesn't show anything. Any ideas?
Re: 404 on existing page edit/submit
Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 5:19 am
by Dr.CSS
That most times means your host has done something to the server w/o letting you know, look in system info page to see any yellow ! or red X...
Re: 404 on existing page edit/submit
Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 6:14 pm
by minneapolis_dan
I just started experiencing this too. I'm not seeing any red X in the system info, but I do know that another CMSms site running on the same server is working fine, so I'm trying to figure out what happened. Trying to save any edits give me a 404 error.
Re: 404 on existing page edit/submit
Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 6:18 pm
by calguy1000
Double check with your host to make sure that they haven't enabled mod_security
mod_security SUCKS. mostly because web hosts try to put in too tight of rules on it.
Re: 404 on existing page edit/submit
Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 6:29 pm
by baresi
404 on mod_security must be really misconfigured, strict mod_security could give 500 errors and it happened to me a couple of years ago till, like calguy1000 says, I convinced the host to drop some rules.
Re: 404 on existing page edit/submit
Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 9:26 pm
by minneapolis_dan
Thank you very much, mod_security was the issue. I asked the host to check, and they white-listed the rule that CMSms was triggering.
Re: 404 on existing page edit/submit
Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 9:35 pm
by calguy1000
I M so smrt!!!, I M so smrt!!!
S M R T
i mean S M A R T
Re: 404 on existing page edit/submit
Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 3:33 pm
by pupppet
It turns out this was a mod_security problem for me as well, and like minneapolis_dan the web host white-listed the mod_sec rule to fix the issue.
Re: [Solved] 404 on existing page edit/submit
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:05 pm
by kermit
this is what i use to temporarily get around the occasional (once every year or two) trigger of mod_security when posting something... goes in htaccess
# Quick fix for posting errors when saving pages
# if mod_security catches a keyword in the page.
# uncomment when needed
#
# SecFilterEngine Off
# SecFilterScanPOST Off
#
the error shouldn't be a 404 when mod_security kicks in.. unless that's how the server admin set it up.. not really the right error for it to be triggering, as it's totally wrong for what actually happened. i think a 403 or 500 error is more common (500 is what my servers use).
Re: [Solved] 404 on existing page edit/submit
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 12:52 am
by calguy1000
We don't support mod_security, it's EVIL, and stupid.
It's an HTTP firewall that is usually applied with blanket solutions (i've seen stupid things where the word 'select' wasn't allowed in a request, where it is perfectly valid for that word to be used in a search request.
Therefore, please verify that your problem is NOT related to mod_security before posting herre.