500 Internal Server Error on wp-admin

Please paste htaccess file at https://wordpress.pastebin.com/

Post the link you get at pastebin here, so that we can look at it.

Also post last 100 errors from your server error logs

No need to paste .htaccess. Just rename it to .htaccess1. Try to access your website again. If 500 error remains then it’s not .htaccess problem. Second possible cause: mod_security.

@arkgroup I tried your method…didn’t help…what is mod_security ??? I have no idea about this. But you sure, its not .htaccess problem ???

It could be mod_security issue, and you should contact hosting support to check it out. Mod_security is an add-on for webserver.

If renaming of .htaccess did not help, then it’s not htaccess.

You may also check permissions and ownership of your files and folders if you know how to do it. If not, hosting support will probably do it also.

You may also check logs. There could be more information about error.

please tell me about the permissions as to what should i assign to individual folders and files…
here’s the error log…the last few are the same

[Mon Mar 07 18:29:21 2011] [error] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] File does not exist: /home/domain-name/public_html/500.shtml, referer: https://domain-name.net/

what I am surprised is…mine is a completely new installation…I just cant login to my dashboard or any other internal stuff like editing…gives this 500 internal server error…help plz

raasm007,

Looks like you have DirectAdmin and it requires such files as 400.shtml, 401.shtml,403.shtml,404.shtml,500.shtml to be present at root. You may create your own files, but they should be more than 512 bytes, as I remember. I’ll post a link with default files for you in few minutes.

Here is info about error pages:
https://www.site-helper.com/misc.html#404

I’ve made an archive with default error pages for DirectAdmin.
https://rapidshare.com/files/451400048/default_error_pages.rar

Try to upload it to /home/domain-name/public_html/ and access your site then.

Permissions for files should be 644, permissions for folders should be 755. /upload/ folder may need 777 permissions.

Almost forgot, permissions for error pages files like 401.shtml etc, should be also 755. You may set permissions with FileZilla or FileManager in control panel

oh…thank you so much…am trying it right now…will get back to you…but you’re the man…directadmin …lol …what is it for exactly ?? and how is wordpress related to it ? am asking just for the knowledge…not to bother you ??

There’s no relation between DirectAdmin and wordpress. DirectAdmin is a popular hosting control panel. It installs default error pages for every username and if you for example get 404 error, directadmin simply shows 404.shtml in your browser.

but mine is cpanelx control panel…and i hv installed other scripts before without this problem…

mate…finished with the error pages and followed your instructions…its still not solved…

May be we have resolved another error. Is there anything else in access or error logs?

You should contact hosting support, let them check their system stuff.

no thing else…there was a thing regarding favicons…but favicon aint that important…dont think that favicon is the problem…anyways..i am going to shoot the support now…thanks for the help though ?? i checked it in my localhost server and everythin runs fine…guess it is the server then…i’ll get back if its resolved then