Title: Mod_Security Error Message when Granting
Last modified: December 28, 2018

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# Mod_Security Error Message when Granting

 *  Resolved [essenceval](https://wordpress.org/support/users/essenceval/)
 * (@essenceval)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mod_security-error-message-when-granting/)
 * Good evening,
 * I have followed all steps as directed but I am getting the following error message
   when granting permissions “An appropriate representation of the requested resource
   could not be found on this server. This error was generated by Mod_Security”
 * I wanted to start a threat in case others are having the same issues. Any help
   would be greatly appreciated.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmod_security-error-message-when-granting%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [genabitu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/genabitu/)
 * (@genabitu)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mod_security-error-message-when-granting/#post-11035317)
 * Hi, thanks for the report
    yeah, as you wrote, this is an issue caused by the
   security module for Apache.
 * We will look into this issue more, but as a workaround I recommend switching 
   mod_security off while granting the permissions (and then switch it back on ideally
   as it is a security feature)
 * Here is how to do it: [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12928360/how-can-i-disable-mod-security-in-htaccess-file](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12928360/how-can-i-disable-mod-security-in-htaccess-file)
 * Does that help?
 * Thanks,
    Marek Dědič
 *  Thread Starter [essenceval](https://wordpress.org/support/users/essenceval/)
 * (@essenceval)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mod_security-error-message-when-granting/#post-11036144)
 * I wanted to reply for anyone else having the same issue.
 * The solution above did not work for me. Simply modifying .htaccess was not working,
   I had to contact my hosting provider and request them to whitelist this plugin
   on the server itself so it will now work for any website being hosted in this
   server.
 * Thank you for the quick reply and amazing plugin [@genabitu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/genabitu/)
 *  [genabitu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/genabitu/)
 * (@genabitu)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mod_security-error-message-when-granting/#post-11036261)
 * Hi,
    thanks for the write-up. We’ve encountered this issue for the third time
   now – I’ve created a tracking issue on our GitHub tracker as well – [https://github.com/skaut/skaut-google-drive-gallery/issues/99](https://github.com/skaut/skaut-google-drive-gallery/issues/99)
 * Hopefully, we can test this with mod_security somewhere and fix this issue once
   and for all.
 *  [genabitu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/genabitu/)
 * (@genabitu)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mod_security-error-message-when-granting/#post-11049454)
 * Hi, I am looking into this and how to maybe prevent the issue going forward, 
   but I have no luck – the plugin works for me even with the security module turned
   on. Could you maybe ask your provider what was the issue? Or something to get
   us going… You can send it to [genabitu@gmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mod_security-error-message-when-granting/genabitu@gmail.com?output_format=md)
 * Thank you,
    Marek

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mod_security-error-message-when-granting/#post-11049454)
 * Status: resolved