UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 6 Bug Reports inaccessable admin functions

I just upgraded to 5.3 and everything is more or less running fine, up until about 10 minutes ago when I found I couldn't access the admin menu.

I've been in and out of there many times in the last day or so, all of a sudden the admin menu doesn't reconize me as having access.

All other parts of the system do, I can even run actual functions, like going to the user list and editing the user from there. I just can't get to the admin page.



Scott Cargill -WebMaster
East Hills Kung Fu San Soo

Is it just giving you the standard "You must login first" or is it giving some other error?

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Is it just giving you the standard "You must login first" or is it giving some other error?

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Nope its just giving me the standard you must login first.



Scott Cargill -WebMaster
East Hills Kung Fu San Soo

That is strange. I didn't change anything in the authentication portion. Is the Admin link showing in the navigation bar?

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That is strange. I didn't change anything in the authentication portion. Is the Admin link showing in the navigation bar?

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Yes it is. I know I've been in there several times during the day. All of a sudden the system quit reconizing me as an administrator.

I tried another admin account and got the same result. (Or lack of).

I don't think it's specifically a programming glitch. I know I was messing around with the database a bit trying to work past the preview bug. I had changed my record to 'off' in the preview field.

As an aside, what would happen in this case if I were to delete the first record? and then turn around and log in again. Would the database assign me to user 1 again?


At this point, I can send you a dump of the database, config and whatever else you might need. Let me know...



Scott Cargill -WebMaster
East Hills Kung Fu San Soo

Edited by ScottCargill on 03/27/01 03:08 PM.

If you delete the first record then the main admin will be gone and won't be able to be re-added by normal means. However, if there was a problem with this admin then you wouldn't get the admin link at all. But, just to be safe maybe you can just dump out your w3t_Users table and send it over to me so I can have a look see.