I have installed script for upload center which have cgi based files there is 2 .htaccess file: one in /var/www/web1/cgi-bin/.htaccess RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.*) RewriteRule ^(.*) - [E=HTTP_CGI_AUTHORIZATION:%1] LimitRequestBody 10000000000000 <IfModule mod_security.c> ...