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Dec 312010
 

Block request by user agent in Apache

Answer:

If you want to block request to your web site, by user agent string, you can change by editing the Apache's configuration.

Add the following lines to the Apache configuration (httpd.conf)

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} googlebot
RewriteRule . - [F,L]

The above config block all requests from Google's Bot. (Make sure mod_rewrite is installed and enabled)

Also, remember to restart Apache to take effect

# apachectl -k graceful

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