<p>It turns out mod_security was the culprit, so disabling it got Craft working.</p>

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2015-07-01T23:39:15.577Z
2015-07-01T23:39:15.577Z
Ben Fleming
<p>When trying to login to the administration section on a server running <a href="https://www.litespeedtech.com" rel="nofollow">LiteSpeed</a>, half the time LiteSpeed triggers a 403 Forbidden message and locks that computer out of the entire server Craft is running on. I'm assuming Craft is doing something that LiteSpeed deems as suspicious but I have no idea what that could be.</p>

<p>I'm currently trying to get access to the logs but the host is taking it's sweet time. In an ideal world I would just find another host but in this situation that's just not feasible. I'm pulling my hair out trying to get this to work, and I found love with Craft that I don't want to deny.</p>

<p>If anyone could point me in the right direction I would be so grateful!</p>

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2015-06-24T23:54:30.537Z
Don't have experience with LightSpeed, but are you sure it's not mod_security or Suhosin?
Brad Bell
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2015-06-25T00:08:37.250Z
Suhosin is not enabled, and I have no idea if mod_security is or isn't (don't have a lot of control over the server), but I tried disabling it through .htaccess and I think that might've done the trick. I'll update this at the end of the day after seeing if it continues to work. Thanks!
Ben Fleming
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Craft CMS and LiteSpeed (403 error on login)
# Craft CMS and LiteSpeed (403 error on login)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-06-24)

When trying to login to the administration section on a server running [LiteSpeed](https://www.litespeedtech.com), half the time LiteSpeed triggers a 403 Forbidden message and locks that computer out of the entire server Craft is running on. I'm assuming Craft is doing something that LiteSpeed deems as suspicious but I have no idea what that could be.

I'm currently trying to get access to the logs but the host is taking it's sweet time. In an ideal world I would just find another host but in this situation that's just not feasible. I'm pulling my hair out trying to get this to work, and I found love with Craft that I don't want to deny.

If anyone could point me in the right direction I would be so grateful!

**Tags:** error, login

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Don't have experience with LightSpeed, but are you sure it's not mod_security or Suhosin?  
> **username_0**: Suhosin is not enabled, and I have no idea if mod_security is or isn't (don't have a lot of control over the server), but I tried disabling it through .htaccess and I think that might've done the trick. I'll update this at the end of the day after seeing if it continues to work. Thanks!  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2015-07-01. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

It turns out mod\_security was the culprit, so disabling it got Craft working.


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