While on Points (1) and (2) in previous post the 403 status is marked irrespective of whther the check is done from Admin or from shell. Not too sure but would following

http://www.nuclearelephant.com/projects/dosevasive/

be anyway responsible for causing 403?
The front-end httpd has mod_dosevasive in place.

Thanks
HyTC

Thanks
HyTC
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