Writing auth plug-in - recovering to original auth scheme

[abqdan]

This is a real newbie mistake I know - can anyone help me out?

I'm trying to write an auth routine to work with my main website. I tried it out, and it failed part-way through. The trouble is now I'm stuck; I can't log back in to change the auth back to the DB (default) version, because it's trying to run my own auth code.

I have full access to the database, so is there some way I can reset the auth to the original version?

Also, what is the correct way to test an auth plug-in? Clearly I don't want to keep disabling myself when testing!

Any pointers would be REALLY appreciated! Thanks.
Dan

[A_Jelly_Doughnut]

You can run this query to reset to the standard authorization. YOu may need to delete /cache/data_global.php to force this to take effect.

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UPDATE phpbb_config SET config_value = 'db' WHERE config_name = 'auth_method'

As far as a way to test auth methods, you pretty well do need to enable them to test. You could manually manage sessions to log yourself in if needed (phpbb_sessions table, alter the session_user_id column to your admin account). I've used that method in the past.

[abqdan]

Thanks! That was a real help!