Title: New Error
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# New Error

 *  [pathfinder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pathfinder/)
 * (@pathfinder)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-error/)
 * When I go to my Dashboard I am getting the following error:
 * Not Acceptable
    An appropriate representation of the requested resource /wordpress/
   wp-admin/index-extra.php could not be found on this server.
 * The Dashboard works fine. This is just on the left where I generally see the 
   news from WordPress.
    Is this a temporary thing due to the feeds?

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-error/#post-610141)
 * disable mod_security:
 * IF YOU DO NOT HAVE an .htaccess in your wp-admin/ directory:
 * create a text file on your desktop:
 * put the following inside it:
 *     ```
       <IfModule mod_security.c>
       SecFilterInheritance Off
       </IfModule>
       ```
   
 * name it anything you like and save the file.
 * Upload the file to your wp-admin directory.
 * Rename the uploaded file to .htaccess (with the .)
 * IF YOU DO HAVE an .htaccess in your wp-admin/ directory:
 * Edit it and add:
 *     ```
       <IfModule mod_security.c>
       SecFilterInheritance Off
       </IfModule>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [pathfinder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pathfinder/)
 * (@pathfinder)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-error/#post-610142)
 * I’ll try this in the morning. Funny that it would just start tonight. It has 
   been fine all along.
 *  Thread Starter [pathfinder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pathfinder/)
 * (@pathfinder)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-error/#post-610143)
 * Thank you. I tried it now and it works.
    Any idea why that just started happening
   now? It was fine this morning.
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-error/#post-610144)
 * not funny actually – your host may have upgraded Apache and in the process may
   have compiled in mod_security. They may have even just compiled in mod_security
   to their old Apache.
 * Theres no telling…
 *  [altfg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/altfg/)
 * (@altfg)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-error/#post-610428)
 * Hello,
 * I have WordPress 2.2.3.
 * I tried that solution (disabling mod_security) just now — as I’ve been stuck 
   all day with a post that just won’t work once it’s published. (In previews it
   looks just fine. Once it’s published I get the following message: “Directory 
   has no index file. Browsing this site or directory without an index file is prohibited.”)
 * The expressioin that causes all the trouble is “home companion” (the post is 
   about the Robert Altman movie).
 * Even if I do a mere search for that word combination, the whole look of the admin
   panel gets distorted — and then I get a “forbidden” error message.
 * My .htaccess (htdocs/blog/ directory) has the following:
 * Options -Indexes
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /blog/
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule./
   blog/index.php [L] </IfModule> <IfModule mod_security.c> SecFilterInheritance
   Off </IfModule> # END WordPress
 * Any assistance would be much appreciated. I’ve never run into this sort of problem
   before in the two years I’ve been using WordPress.
 *  [altfg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/altfg/)
 * (@altfg)
 * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-error/#post-610430)
 * Update:
    I’ve taken the </IfModule> <IfModule mod_security.c> SecFilterInheritance
   Off </IfModule> out of the htdocs/blog/ directory.
 * I’ve placed it into the wp-admin/ directory. (I created a new .htaccess file.)
 * I’ve cleared the Firefox cache. Tried again. The same problem happened.
 * Any suggestions re: what I’m doing wrong?
 *  [roguesun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roguesun/)
 * (@roguesun)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-error/#post-610492)
 * Okay that worked. I had to do the mod in Wordpad. Can I go to bed now?

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 * [dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/dashboard/)
 * [mod_security](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mod_security/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 7 replies
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 * Last reply from: [roguesun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roguesun/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-error/#post-610492)
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