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Topic: Cannot log in as admin

Administrator changed URL from original installation to a new url which points to the same forum on the same server. All topics appear but we are unable to log in as administrator and change back to the original URL. Can we run install PHP again after removing the config.php? Will we loose MySQL database when we do that? What other fix can we use?

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  • MattF
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Re: Cannot log in as admin

Update o_base_url in the config table to the correct value via your sql interface of choice.

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Re: Cannot log in as admin

I am pretty new to this. How exactly do I do that?

  • Slavok
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Re: Cannot log in as admin

prstech, this post should help you

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Re: Cannot log in as admin

MattF wrote:

Update o_base_url in the config table to the correct value via your sql interface of choice.

I updated the config table. Now users can log in but admin cannot. Even when requesting a new password the login will fail. Can the permissions of a user in the database be changed to administrator? And if so, where and how?

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Re: Cannot log in as admin

prstech wrote:

Can the permissions of a user in the database be changed to administrator? And if so, where and how?

set "group_id" to "1" in your "users" table

Carpe diem

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Re: Cannot log in as admin

Anatoly wrote:
prstech wrote:

Can the permissions of a user in the database be changed to administrator? And if so, where and how?

set "group_id" to "1" in your "users" table

Thanks, I figured that it could be done. It worked just fine. Thanks again.