What does this error mean? client denied by server configuration

I have noticed in my error log this error over and over and I can't figure out what it means let alone how to fix it.

[Fri Aug 19 11:05:29 2011] [error] [client 67.4.65.50] client denied by server configuration: /home/xxxxx/public_html/admin/includes/images, referer: https://frompropertorocker.com/admin/includes/stylesheet.css

My admin has been changed to something completely different. I just didn't want it up here.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

Oh I have the latest version of zen cart installed. In case you were wondering. :)

I have also just noticed this error too and not sure what it means. I never had an errors.php file.

[Fri Aug 19 04:51:29 2011] [error] [client 87.106.85.65] script '/home/xxxx/public_html/errors.php' not found or unable to stat

This one actually has another ip address to it also which is 91.194.234.3

Thanks!

Anyone have any ideas? I am completely stumped on this one.

Can anyone tell me what the first error means? I am still getting it and I have no idea how to fix it.

Thanks!

"client denied by server configuration" is usually a result of an .htaccess rule preventing the person from that IP address from accessing the page/file mentioned.

DrByte:

"client denied by server configuration" is usually a result of an .htaccess rule preventing the person from that IP address from accessing the page/file mentioned.

That is my ip address. What do I need to change in that file?

Thanks for the help :)

Looks like you've probably turned on something like "image hotlink prevention" in your hosting control panel which is blocking you from accessing images.
People often turn that on because they think it's a magic switch to prevent people from stealing their product images, but not all servers work with it properly.

DrByte:

Looks like you've probably turned on something like "image hotlink prevention" in your hosting control panel which is blocking you from accessing images.
People often turn that on because they think it's a magic switch to prevent people from stealing their product images, but not all servers work with it properly.

I did have that on a while back (thought I left it on) but I just went in to disable it and it's already disabled. Anything else causing it?

You need to ask your host.

DrByte:

You need to ask your host.

Thanks! Will do!

cpanel htaccess editor sucks... you will likely need to remove the rules by hand

~Melanie

mprough:

cpanel htaccess editor sucks... you will likely need to remove the rules by hand

~Melanie

Thanks! How do I do that?

Under public_html look for a file named .htaccess. Download and back this file up as a precaution and you are looking for something like this:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://domain.com/.*$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://domain.com$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.domain.com/.*$      [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.domain.com$      [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp)$ - [F,NC]

mprough:

Under public_html look for a file named .htaccess. Download and back this file up as a precaution and you are looking for something like this:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://domain.com/.$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.domain.com/.$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp)$ - [F,NC]

Thank you! Now lets see if the error goes away.

:( I am still getting that error. Any other ideas?

Reboot clear your cookies and try

~Melanie

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:15:43 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.14 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 DAV/2 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 PHP/5.2.11
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.11
Set-Cookie: zenid=594c2fa4caaf3c840230be9c5d0b74d7; path=/; domain=.frompropertorocker.com; HttpOnly
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

mprough:

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:15:43 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.14 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 DAV/2 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 PHP/5.2.11
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.11
Set-Cookie: zenid=594c2fa4caaf3c840230be9c5d0b74d7; path=/; domain=.frompropertorocker.com; HttpOnly
Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
Pragma: no-cache
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

What does all this mean? lol

I also tried clearing out my cookies and rebooting and still having the issue.

The url you provided is correctly delivery a 404 error. Page not found. all good