Can't login to admin

Finally got site up again after being down for a day. I wasted alot of time trying to find the prob when not knowing what I was looking for. I did a new install and reloaded old database & all is fine again. Which only took a few minutes:clap:
While making sure I had all security patches installed I then saw a new folder that I could not access by any means so I deleted it. Wish I had been paying attention to give others the name & directory in case they had the same problem with not being able to log into admin panel.

I may be off base but I think my site was found in this forum so it was targeted. I was also sent an email thru the forum that has no name, subject or content that I cannot access or delete from forum panel so I am removing any reference to the site :P

I cant login today.

I tried this

DELETE FROM admin WHERE admin_name = 'Admin';
INSERT INTO admin (admin_name, admin_email, admin_pass, admin_level)
VALUES ('Admin', 'admin@localhost', '351683ea4e19efe34874b501fdbf9792:9b', 1);

as suggested in FAQ section.

All I get is a refreshed login screen.

Checking the DB I see all fields have the required information in the parenthasis above. except I changed the email address to a valid email address.

Coincidently today I am getting this error on all of my sites when I try to resend password.

Email Error: Could not instantiate mail function. Please check Admin->Configuration->Email Options->Email Transport.

Take it all back. Do that sql querry and it will work.

Hi all,

Just to share my experience. I was stuck at the admin login problem for over a week and I finally found the problem.

Apparently there is a missing .htaccess file in my root folder. After adding it, the problem resolved!

and what did you have in your httaccess that was necessary for your website to function properly? Do we absolutely need an httaccess file?

Ok, I lost the ability to login once again. I am using IE8.

I tired the session_recreate method in local folder. It opened admin okay. but when I logged out I couldnt log back in.

I thought I might try firefox and guess what. I got right in!!!!

Also had the famous unable to login to admin problem all of a sudden. Used the phpMyAdmin fix and found I'd been hacked. 2 unknown admins were listed in the admins list. Deleted them and strengthened the logins.
All is well again for now.

Hi there
I have read some of those threads and I agree with you.
I did my install and I logged in both then I did load the db with my SQL file and the admin login issue inccurred.
I did a resend password that worked.
No matter where I change the db password in the myslqphp thingy, the server host or what.
However the orighinal pwd sent keeps working.
So I think it is a htaccess crapola.

Especially since my stores are 1.3.8 with db updated and 1.3.9b with same db --> HENCE the warning when I display that store.

I think I screwed up along the way but this is going to be a new thread

Hi,

I am having the same problem with the htaccess file on my site. If I remove it, I can log in but when it's online it stops the process.
I can't remove it as the SEO technician says no!!
But either of us can't figure out what to add to this file so it would let me work on the shop!

Would it be possible that somebody who have it working, post it's code so we can see where the solution is? Maybe? :dontgetit

Thanks a lot in advance :bigups:

I like this thread.