Log-out of admin takes me right back logged in.

Client Joined: Jul 18, 2003 Posts: 977

I have reinstalled 7.6 patched 2.7 from here and I pointed it to a 7.2 db. I ran the upgrades in order from 7.2 - 7.6 and all succeeded. But now when i log-out of admin I get redirected back and I am logged in again. Please help. Thanks.

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

Have you tried deleting your cookies and clearing your cache?

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:13 pm

Will do...

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 4:12 pm

New interesting problem. I trashed that whole install of 7.6 and started over with a new install and new db. I created a super admin and then proceeded to the home page. I was greeted by Welcome Blith_Erring_Idio!! Funny thing is I did not create that user. I registered the first and only user under Blith. Where is it getting that name? That name exists on another db but I did not point to that db

Subject Matter Expert Joined: Feb 23, 2004 Posts: 358

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PHrEEk

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:38 pm

I had this issue when i upgraded from 6.9 or 7.0 (I forget which one) to 7.6. The solution what that I didn't delete all those darn admin files that you were suppose to.

At least that's what solved it for me. I know you said you did a clean install but for most people a clean install is just an overlay of the old files, not a complete delete of the directories in question. Not that I'm pointing fingures or anything....

-drmike

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:51 am

I did do a complete delete of an entire directory.. so I know there were no files... unless trash in Cpanel does not work properly...

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:29 pm

I changed the admin.php logout function like this it works a little better:

Code:




case "logout":


      setcookie("admin", false); // Sec Fix see phpnuke.org


      $admin = "";


      include("header.php");


      OpenTable();


      echo "<center><font class=\"title\"><b>"._YOUARELOGGEDOUT."</b></font></center>";


      CloseTable();


              // Changed redirect to index instead of admin.php


      echo "<META HTTP-EQUIV=\"refresh\" content=\"3;URL=./index.php\">";


      include("footer.php");


   break;

Now the only trouble since I still have is with the situation where I have a nuke site in a primary domain and a nuke site in a subdomain and use the same login id and password. Then there is still a conflict but... anyway thats all I came up with.

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:56 pm

Thanks... this addresses the log-out issue. Do you have any idea why it would welcome a user from another db? Thanks!

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:17 pm

I honestly don't know whats up with that. Aside from the couple things mentioned already. The admin auth is based soley on the cookie verification that the name and pass in the cookie match the name and pass in the DB.

So the 3 things browser cache corrupt, DB corrupt or some how the cookie file on the server was corrupt with your other domain since most likely they are all stored in the same temp file on the server it isn't impossible. This is where a cookie path in your own tmp/cookie directory would be nice to avoid these potential conflicts.

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:07 am

Thank you very much. I am so glad you guys are here...