Acp No Access, Ugggh!

[JustDavesForum]

I unfortunately deleted my Admin login, when I combined users. Stupid me, I thought by combining users, Admin priviledges would be transfered to my desired username.

I try to login to ACP with my resultant combined username, and I get the "thank you for logging in" quickly followed by the log in prompt AGAIN.

I had this problem before (because I changed my cookie setting):

until I added fix_login.php. Seeing that I still have this fix in my directory, I tried adding rebuild_option_cache.php with no luck.

I'm hoping that vB 3.0.8 will have these ACP access issues resolved. Way too much time spent trying to resolve such issues.


JustDave
"Unhappy, and Out in the Cold"

[Zachery]

What do you mean admincp access issues resolved?

Unfortunately the problems you are experiencing have been caused by yourself. The first time, it was because of cookie settings that you changed. The second time is because you merged your user (I am assuming by way of the merge user function). But did not read how it worked.

To re-add yourself as an administrator, upload tools.php to your admincp directory. access the file. use the restore administrator function.

Once you are done remove tools.php

you can find this file in your do_not_upload folder.

[JustDavesForum]

I uploaded the tools.php into the admincp directory. When you say "access the file, use the restore administrator function" I'm left alone looking into the Grand Canyon.

I have know idea how to proceed with this instruction.

[Steve Machol]

You run tools.php through your browser. Just append 'tools'php' to the URL for your Admin CP, i.e.,

http://www.yoursite.com/forums/admincp/tools.php

[JustDavesForum]

Thanks Steve for you quick reply.

Making this append, this is what I get:

Warning: main(file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/David/Desktop/Justdave%27s%20Site%20Tools/vbulletin_3-0-7_VBF2E8BDCD/do_not_upload/./includes/init.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /www/j/justdavescom/htdocs/Forum/admincp/tools.php on line 27

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/David/Desktop/Justdave%27s%20Site%20Tools/vbulletin_3-0-7_VBF2E8BDCD/do_not_upload/./includes/init.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php4/lib/php') in /www/j/justdavescom/htdocs/Forum/admincp/tools.php on line 27

[Steve Machol]

This is similar to the other problems in your support tickets. The file was not uploaded correctly. You need to upload this in ASCII format and overwritte the one on the server.

[JustDavesForum]

And how do I do this?

LOL, I know how to handle a patient who is having a myocardial infarction (heart attack), or who has just had a CABG (coronary artery bypass graft surgery, ie. open heart surgery), but this is entirely something else.

[Steve Machol]

I believe you are using Dreamweaver. I had recommended finding a regular FTP program to upload files. Barring that you should be able to upload files via your web host control panel, or maybe you can edit DW to treat .php files as ASCII.

[Zachery]

Dreamweaver is capble of acting like a normal ftp program, however, whenever you save these files, dreamweaver thinks its helping you by changing any locations from relitive to non relitive in your files.

You should get a regular ftp program and upload unsaved, undreamweavered files.

[JustDavesForum]

Steve,

I uploaded directly into my FTP host directory. That worked, thanks!

Of the subject, Zachery in lue of the IRC chat due for release soon, I went with everywherechat. Any problems that you are aware of using this product?