Forum permissions randomly resetting!

[Deviate]

I've been having the same issues. It's become a little less often since changing it to Database, but it still does it pretty consistently. It'll even mark the thread as unread after I was the last person...

[Deviate]

I changed out the least reliable part of any operation; the operator.

I can't really say what was changed as I didn't do it myself, hence the previous comment about having friends that know...

[Deviate]

Here you go:...

[Deviate]

In the database, I believe. I've backed it up multiple times with the correct settings....

[Deviate]

I woke up last night to 4 text messages from people on our forums telling me "Hey, why can I see the moderator forum?"

The logs are clear. The other admins didn't touch the forum...

[Deviate]

Thanks for the help.

It helps to have friends that know what they're doing. I was able to get a friend of mine to help me through the process, so it's up and running well.

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[Deviate]

Tried that first. Didn't work either.



I've set up an entirely new database and entered all of the new information into the config file. Still nothing.

I'm convinced...

[Deviate]

I pulled the server name straight off of my account information...

'p41mysql61.secureserver.net'

Is there another line in the config file that could be wrong and causing...

[Deviate]

It's giving me the following error during step 2 of the installation:

Step 2) Connect to the database
Attempting to attach to database
Error description: mysql_connect() [fu...