LinkedIn Autoposting errors
By Peter Beare on Wednesday, 23 April 2014
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Hello -
When I attempt to sign in to grant access, I get the following errors:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /administrator/index.php on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

I have successfully set up LinkedIn autoposting on a different site on the same server, so I don't think server permissions are the issue. Also, I have tried revoking and regenerating the OAuth token and that did not help. I have also tried checking rw_nus and adding an OAuth 2 Redirect URL but again no luck.

I've included login info below...

Thanks,
Peter
Hello Peter,

That error message seems to be coming from your web server because looking at the error message, the call didn't even reached Joomla's index.php file. There are times where your hosting provider actually install some sort of security module which prevents certain "data" from being posted to the server.
Mark
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Wednesday, 23 April 2014 23:34
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Thanks, Mark. We'll check and see if the host installed some new security software recently.
Peter Beare
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Thursday, 24 April 2014 00:05
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Sure, let me know how it goes Peter but I am pretty sure that based on that error message that you are hitting, it's definite that the POST data isn't reaching Joomla's index.php file.
Mark
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Thursday, 24 April 2014 01:51
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Hi, Mark -
We had our host (Rochen) have a look and they are saying there's not an issue with their security firewall. I've attached their responses (including output from 2 traces). Let me know if you need to speak with them directly.

I noticed someone else seems to be having similar issues - http://stackideas.com/forums/linkedin-autoposting-3

Should we try what Arlex is suggesting here?

Thanks,
Peter
Peter Beare
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Wednesday, 30 April 2014 06:27
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I've removed the attachment since it contained some server info... please email me if I need to send it again. Thanks....
Peter Beare
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Wednesday, 30 April 2014 06:30
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Hello Peter Beare,

Sorry for late reply to this,
Can I have your verification code for your Linkedin access? Please advise.
-> http://screencast.com/t/EMcmlPDxD7xk
Also, can you provide us with your FTP access as well?
Arlex Wong
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Wednesday, 30 April 2014 11:48
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Hi Arlex - here is our account information....


I will be watching for your linked in sign in again today - I did not realize it was you - I will send you the access code when you get that security check...

ALSO - we just upgrade to Joomla 3.3.0 - and it appears to have had some effects on EasyBlog - so this may effect your testing as well...

http://bearwebdesign.com/about/bear-web-design-blogs

Thanks for all your help.

Cheers,

Peter
Peter Beare
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Friday, 02 May 2014 01:04
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Hello Peter Beare,

Sorry for late reply to this,
I don't see any code you provided in your previous reply
I have tried to access in your Linkedin account, you should be received the code, could you mind provide us again with your code?

Also, i have help you fixed the notice message in your site.
Arlex Wong
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Friday, 02 May 2014 02:17
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Here is the access code..


Cheers,

Peter
Peter Beare
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Friday, 02 May 2014 02:21
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Hello Peter,

Thanks for your access code, i can able to access in your Linkedin account now.
It seems like when i click Sign in with Linkedin, also hitting this 404 permission forbidden
As Mark had mentioned before, the call didn't even reached Joomla's index.php file.

Is it possible consult this again with your Webhosting provider and see how it goes?
If they have mod_security installed, get them to turn them off. There is nothing we can do about this because this is beyond our control.
Arlex Wong
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Friday, 02 May 2014 02:46
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