issue with apache not resolving a folder

kernel-P4N1C · 10-03-2011, 09:43 PM

Hi folks
i'm on the edge of desperation... so here i go

This server has a wordpress install on it... and the apache webserver is not resolving the wp-admin

when i go to the access log... this is what i find

Code:

- - [03/Oct/2011:18:10:45 -0500] "GET /main/wp-admin/ HTTP/1.1" 302 - "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1"

what do you guys recommend me to check for?

kbp · 10-03-2011, 10:43 PM

A 302 response is a permanent redirect from memory, check your rewrites.

kernel-P4N1C · 10-05-2011, 09:24 AM

I've check the rewrites and everything looks ok... dunno what is going on.
I have also disable the allow override on httpd.conf with no results.

Reloaded wordpress
updated apache
updated php

nothing.

kbp · 10-05-2011, 05:01 PM

What happens when you attempt to access the page through a browser? ... do you see where it's redirecting to?

kernel-P4N1C · 10-05-2011, 05:54 PM

it just give me a "problem loading page" error

link: www.fastmedic.com/main/wp-admin/

kbp · 10-05-2011, 11:24 PM

Looking at it with "tamper data" the redirect seems to be for authentication:

Code:

URL=http://www.fastmedic.com/main/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fastmedic.com%2Fmain%2Fwp-admin%2F&reauth=1

.. maybe there's something wrong with the authentication process or configuration?

d3vrandom · 10-06-2011, 08:59 AM

nvm. see below:

d3vrandom · 10-06-2011, 09:09 AM

Actually I figured out what the problem is. I think its related to mod_security an apache module. to confirm whether you have that installed I would do a :

Code:

httpd -M

As root ( assuming centos). The problem only occurs if you include "redirect_to=http://" in the query string. The http part is what's triggering the problem. So you have to whitelist this for your site. A post that I found that talks about this is:

http://www.pablumfication.co.uk/2010...-mod_security/

If you don't have root access to your server you may have to talk with your hosting provider about fixing this for you.

kernel-P4N1C · 10-06-2011, 08:47 PM

well
apparently i don't have mod_security installed.

Code:

[root@web ~]# httpd -M
Loaded Modules:
 core_module (static)
 mpm_prefork_module (static)
 http_module (static)
 so_module (static)
 auth_basic_module (shared)
 auth_digest_module (shared)
 authn_file_module (shared)
 authn_alias_module (shared)
 authn_anon_module (shared)
 authn_dbm_module (shared)
 authn_default_module (shared)
 authz_host_module (shared)
 authz_user_module (shared)
 authz_owner_module (shared)
 authz_groupfile_module (shared)
 authz_dbm_module (shared)
 authz_default_module (shared)
 ldap_module (shared)
 authnz_ldap_module (shared)
 include_module (shared)
 log_config_module (shared)
 logio_module (shared)
 env_module (shared)
 ext_filter_module (shared)
 mime_magic_module (shared)
 expires_module (shared)
 deflate_module (shared)
 headers_module (shared)
 usertrack_module (shared)
 setenvif_module (shared)
 mime_module (shared)
 dav_module (shared)
 status_module (shared)
 autoindex_module (shared)
 info_module (shared)
 dav_fs_module (shared)
 vhost_alias_module (shared)
 negotiation_module (shared)
 dir_module (shared)
 actions_module (shared)
 speling_module (shared)
 userdir_module (shared)
 alias_module (shared)
 rewrite_module (shared)
 proxy_module (shared)
 proxy_balancer_module (shared)
 proxy_ftp_module (shared)
 proxy_http_module (shared)
 proxy_connect_module (shared)
 cache_module (shared)
 suexec_module (shared)
 disk_cache_module (shared)
 file_cache_module (shared)
 mem_cache_module (shared)
 cgi_module (shared)
 version_module (shared)
 php5_module (shared)
 proxy_ajp_module (shared)
Syntax OK

kernel-P4N1C · 10-13-2011, 06:50 PM

anybody?

I really don't want to reinstall the OS on this thing...

kernel-P4N1C · 11-29-2011, 08:46 PM

bump up
I haven't resolved this issue yet...

From access.log

Code:

190.XXX.XXX.X - - [29/Nov/2011:18:15:27 -0500] "GET /main/wp-admin HTTP/1.1" 301 329 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1"
190.XXX.XXX.X - - [29/Nov/2011:18:15:27 -0500] "GET /main/wp-admin/ HTTP/1.1" 302 - "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1"
^[^[^[- [29/Nov/2011:18:15:27 -0500] "GET /main/wp-admin HTTP/1.1" 301 329 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1"
190.XXX.XXX.X - - [29/Nov/2011:18:15:27 -0500] "GET /main/wp-admin/ HTTP/1.1" 302 - "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1"

kbp · 11-30-2011, 03:37 PM

Why would you reinstall the OS when you haven't done any troubleshooting and it's clearly an application issue ? ... like I suggested earlier, have you looked at the authentication mechanism ? .. can you list the plugins under /wp-content/plugins/ ?

kernel-P4N1C · 12-01-2011, 08:19 AM

I have installed a fresh wordpress 3.2.1 copy and it is having the same behavior...
connection get lost at certain point and access log pops error 302.

on another box that is running fine i have that 302 access log as the first step before another bunch... which got me thinking

I updated php, apache and mysql using remi repos and reconfigured apache from scratch (this box is running one website on it's default document root) with no diferent behavior. Honestly i have no idea what to do.

d3vrandom · 12-02-2011, 05:22 AM

Ask your hosting provider whether they have a load balancer or reverse proxy sitting in front of your webserver.

agentbuzz · 12-02-2011, 06:47 AM

Here is an article on Wordpress that may solve your problem.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Over_SSL