Title: Cannot logout when enable Advanced Character String Filter
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Cannot logout when enable Advanced Character String Filter

 *  [felix_nong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/felix_nong/)
 * (@felix_nong)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-logout-when-enable-advanced-character-string-filter/)
 * Hello,
 * After successfully login as admin and enable either Advanced Character String
   Filter or 5G Blacklist/Firewall Settings then when I click logout link from the
   admin bar, I reveived 403 error page:
 *     ```
       Access forbidden!
   
       You don't have permission to access the requested directory. There is either no index document or the directory is read-protected.
   
       If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
       ```
   
 * What’s the problem and how can I fix it?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-logout-when-enable-advanced-character-string-filter/#post-5349603)
 * Hi felix_nong, in regards to the following warning message….
 * > You don’t have permission to access the requested directory.
 * Did you check your file and folder permissions from within the plugin? If not
   can you check the permissions by going to **WP Security -> Filesystem Security-
   > File Permissions.**
 * That might fix your problem.
 * Regards
 *  Thread Starter [felix_nong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/felix_nong/)
 * (@felix_nong)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-logout-when-enable-advanced-character-string-filter/#post-5349636)
 * Hello mbrsolution,
 * I’ve alreadyto set recommended permission since I’ve received the successful 
   message:
 * `The permissions for ... were succesfully changed to ...`
 * However I don’t receive any point as well as all the recommended permission is
   still highlighted and not disappear at all.
 * How can I fix this problem and the first question I’ve mention aboved?
 * Thanks,
 * Felix
 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-logout-when-enable-advanced-character-string-filter/#post-5349641)
 * Hi Felix are you saying that changing the permissions are not working?
 *  Thread Starter [felix_nong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/felix_nong/)
 * (@felix_nong)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-logout-when-enable-advanced-character-string-filter/#post-5349665)
 * Yes, the message said that I’ve successfully changed the permission but the recommended
   permission below is not disappear and still highlighted as well as I cannot achieve
   any point at all.
 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-logout-when-enable-advanced-character-string-filter/#post-5349667)
 * Okay thank you for that information. Check your folders permissions in your server.
   Either through Cpanel or FTP.

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 * Last reply from: [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-logout-when-enable-advanced-character-string-filter/#post-5349667)
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