How to disable Mod_Security in linux. Options

[tanuj]

Hello all,

I was trying to run some script which is under cgi-bin folder, but mod_security is not allowing me to do so.
I tried disabling mod_security by creating .htaccess under my document root (I think which is /var/www/html) with following values
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<IfModule mod_security2.c>
SecRuleEngine Off
SecAuditEngine Off
</IfModule>

but still I could see in http error log:
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[Thu Mar 10 21:36:22 2011] [error] [client 10.206.152.61] ModSecurity: Access denied with code 501 (phase 2). Match of "rx (?:^(?:application\\\\/x-www-form-urlencoded(?:;(?:\\\\s?charset\\\\s?=\\\\s?[\\\\w\\\\d\\\\-]{1,18})?)??$|multipart/form-data;)|text/xml)" against "REQUEST_HEADERS:Content-type" required. [id "960010"] [msg "Request content type is not allowed by policy"] [severity "WARNING"] [hostname "10.209.116.191"] [uri "/cgi-bin/perf.pl"] [unique_id "BtPUSX8AAAEAADttKm0AAAAB"]
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Can someone help me out , am I missing something or is there any alternative way?
(I am using apache version 2.2.6)

Thanks in advance
Tanuj