Cannot launch site after DB restore

[rwatson]

I followed the "Moving Servers" guide to try to restore vBulletin after a hack. The database is a backup from 2017 but we're just trying to get anything back again. So now that the database...

[rwatson]

I must not be searching the forum with the right keywords. Where and how do I look up the license key? Is it admin.vbulletin.com? I sent a password reset through that site so I can log in again, but I...

[rwatson]

The style and iframe issue is now resolved somehow. However, while I've restored access to the admin user, the login for both admins and regular users is flaky. After the login sequence finishes, the...

[rwatson]

I've reuploaded all the vBulletin files and ran the upgrade. As a test until the owner of the forum resets the admin password for me, I created my own user, logged in, created a post, and replied to the...

[rwatson]

Thanks for the clarification. I uploaded the /core/install directory only and then accessed http://forums.intechrahealth.com/cor...ll/upgrade.php and the error message now says:

Fatal...

[rwatson]

I couldn't see the download link because of the prompt to establish a security question. That's done now and I was able to download the software. I expanded the .zip archive of the software and uploaded...

[rwatson]

By "reupload your install folder" I assume I need to get a download of the current version from the Members Area and reupload part or all of it. Correct? If so, when I look in the Members Area,...

[rwatson]

The first four (five by the example you gave) letters are $2y$1

The scheme field value is blowfish:10

[rwatson]

Doing as you've said above, I've now got the forums displaying again. But for some reason my attempts at logging into https://forums.intechrahealth.com/core/admincp/ with the known username and password...

[rwatson]

Here's what we had:

intechrahealth.com <-- Running WordPress
intechrahealth.com/forums <-- Running vBulleting 5
Both were hosted on Dreamhost.

Here's what we...