[solved] Cannot access admin after applied release 2.0.19

[greenapple]

Hi,

I've been reading a couple other threads related to this. It seems a couple other people encounted the same problem and so far there is no fix for this yet. I'm starting a new thread per ~AJK~.

After applied the latest patch (2.0.19), I no longer can access the admin panel either.

I tried the auto cookie mod and cleared all my cookies and cache, closed all my browser windows as suggested. But when I tired to click on 'Go to Administration Panel' link, I still got redirected back to board index page.

Is there anyone who actually figured out how to fix this?

Thanks,

[Marshalrusty]

First of all, what package did you use to update?

There are a few things that could be causing this; let's start with the most likely. Run the auto cookies MOD again and post the suggested settings, these are often incorrect.

You should also try uploading fresh copies of {root}/login.php, {root}/includes/functions.php, {root}/includes/sessions.php and {root}/admin/pagestart.php. Backup your copies first

[~AJK~]

Can you post the suggested cookie settings and your current settings?

[greenapple]

edited by greenapple to remove previous comment

[greenapple]

I think I found what is causing the redirect to board index instead of admin/index, the session_admin value was not being set correctly. It always set the session_admin=0 even if the user is admin.

I added this line to get the correct value for $admin before the create/update session block and the admin panel link is working again!

Here is what I did:

1, open /includes/sessions.php

2, find the following line
//
// Create or update the session
//

3, before the comment add the following line
$admin = ($userdata['user_level'] == ADMIN ) ? 1 : 0;

save and upload this file to your server

Hope this helps if you are also frustrated on not being able to access the admin panel.

[dvmorris]

I have been trying for over a week to get this thing to work, and this fix did not solve the problem for me. does anyone have any other suggestions... all this code did was allowed me to login, then told me i was logged in, but it still displayed the login button, and not the logout button, and it didn't display any of the forums. http://dave.showviz.net/viz/forum.

i am beyond desparate now. i really need to get into the admin panel.

[dvmorris]

any updates on how to fix this problem? i can't afford to reinstall phpbb, because it seems that if i do a db dump and then reinstall and load up the old db, the error will still be there... any ideas?

[~AJK~]

any updates on how to fix this problem? i can't afford to reinstall phpbb, because it seems that if i do a db dump and then reinstall and load up the old db, the error will still be there... any ideas?

You never posted your cookie settings as asked for.

[dvmorris]

my settings

My Current Cookie Settings:


* Domain Name: dave.showviz.net
* Server Port: 80
* Script path: /viz/forum/
* Cookie secure: Disabled
* Cookie domain:
* Cookie path: /
* Cookie name: phpbb2mysql
* Session length [ seconds ]: 3600
* : No
* :

suggested:

My Suggested Cookie Settings:


* Domain Name: dave.showviz.net
* Server Port: 80
* Script path: /viz/forum/
* Cookie secure: Disabled
* Cookie domain: .showviz.net
* Cookie path: /viz/forum
* Cookie name: showviz_forum
* Session length [ seconds ]: 3600
* : Yes
* : 0

[~AJK~]

I would think that your board 's proper settings should be:

Domain Name: dave.showviz.net
Server Port: 80
Script path: /viz/forum/
The path where phpBB2 is located relative to the domain name

Cookie domain: dave.showviz.net
Cookie name: showviz_phpbb
Cookie path: /viz/forum
Cookie secure: Disabled

If you want to double check my work (I suggest you do), here are the sources I used to determine your proper settings:

• User Guide - 3.2.2.1 General Board Settings
• User Guide - 3.2.2.2 Cookie Settings
• Knowledge Base Article on Proper Cookie Settings