Bad Behavior creates 403?

  • Resolved Doodlebee

    (@doodlebee)


    17 years, 7 months ago

    Would anyone know why installing Bad Behavior generates the loss of the admin panel with a 403 error?

    I did it on a friend’s site last night. Uploaded the new 2.0.10 to her site, then went in and activated it, and was greeted with a 403. Any page I went to in the admin also generated a 403. I deleted the plugin from her server and all went well.

    This was a first for me. Would I just be better off moving over to Spam Karma instead?

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  • Could be a file was corrupted at upload or a configuration problem with her host. If your friend is hosted on godaddy, that’s the likely problem.

    Thread Starter Doodlebee

    (@doodlebee)

    No, she’s not. It was the weirdest 403 I’ve ever seen, though. It was a message from what *looked* like the host, that said I was blocked for trying to use something malicious – that whatever I had done matched some algorithm for “malicious activity”. It was a custom 403 error, and the impression I got was that the host had implemented something for this to happen.

    EDIT: you’re right – it *is* GoDaddy. I didn’t even think to ask her about this. Nice. Anyway, the error said to contact the site owner to fix the issue (LOL – that’s why she asked *me* to do this, because she has *no clue*!)

    It’s very odd, though – I’ve installed this stuff on GoDaddy servers before (or I *think* I have…never really paid attention), and this is the first time this has happened. I wonder what needs to be reconfigured to make it work on GoDaddy?

    Thread Starter Doodlebee

    (@doodlebee)

    …ert. Nevermind. I just saw this! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, though, lexhair ??

    Spam Karma it is!

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    www.ads-software.com Admin

    Uhhh… what? I use GoDaddy hosting and Bad Behavior with no issues.

    There is no GoDaddy specific problem with Bad Behavior.

    Historically, it sure did.

    https://error.wordpress.com/2006/01/01/godaddy-sucks/

    Perhaps resolved?
    https://error.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/bad-behavior-ok-for-godaddy/

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    www.ads-software.com Admin

    Well, possibly. I only switched to them in November. Still, it works fine right now.

    Wow…. this support forum rocks!

    I took about 15 min to respond (was on the phone) and by that time there were 4-5 new responses and the thread was marked as resolved!

    Good job!

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