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#9970 Problem with adminpw in Admintools 2.1.4

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Latest post by nicholas on Saturday, 23 July 2011 10:08 CDT

jparker3119
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the forum before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)?Yes
Joomla! version: 1.6
PHP version: 5.2.17
MySQL version: 5.1.52
Host: sns.shogyoshisetsu.net
Admin Tools version: 2.1.4

Description of my issue: Yesterday I set up a adminpw in the backend but when I went online to login this morning I was directed back to the frontpage without being presented a login. I looked at the administrator directory for a .htaccess file but was not able to see one (I do have one in the root directory so the file would be visible if present.) I worked around the problem using phpmyadmin and deleting the password from adminpw from jos_admintools_storage so that "adminpw":"password" became "adminpw":"".
So while the problem is not an urgent one, I thought it appropriate to bring it to your attention as either a bug or my improper implementation.
Thanks for your guidance

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
I think you didn't read the documentation and did not understand how this feature works. Assuming that you define the administrator secret key "foobar" you have to access your administrator section as http://www.example.com/administrator?foobar or -on some hosts- as http://www.example.com/administrator/index.php?foobar. If you access it as http://www.example.com/administrator it will redirect you to the front page of your site. This is exactly how it is supposed to work :)

For more information, please check the documentation page.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

jparker3119
Nicholas,
My apology! You, of course, and as usual, are correct!
(Darn....sounds like I am talking to my wife!)
Thanks for your and your co-workers great work! Couldn't do what I am doing without your outstanding software and backup!
Cheers!
Jim

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
Hi Jim!

You're welcome :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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