Can’t Log In

  • I’ve installed WordPress 1.5.1 and can’t log in. I click log in with the right credentials and it sets the wordpresspass_ cookie then it redirects me to wp-admin/. There it performs auth_redirect() and redirects me back to wp-login.php where I started.

    I’ve tried everything I’ve seen suggested in the forums / wiki but nothing works :-(.

    If you want to try it, https://sirg3.homeip.net/~allison/ — admin / temp01 for login info.

    I’ve tested that other scripts can get / set cookies fine. https://sirg3.homeip.net/~allison/test-redirect.php (it sets the cookie, then sets the location header to test.php, then test.php reads the cookie).

    — SirG3

Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 19 total)

  • Sorry, just commiserating, and hoping someone will come along with a solution. This sounds like exactly my problem. I’m using Firefox (1.0.3), PHP 4.3.10, MySQL 4.0.22. I looked over the Codex and have done everything except those fixes which require using phpMyAdmin, because BlueDomino hosting apparently doesn’t offer it (which blows my mind…) I’m new enough at this stuff that I don’t actually know about the hex encoding part, but the rest is my exact problem. Solutions, please??

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    If you haven’t already, upgrade to WordPress v1.5.1.2.

    @tracyberna – you can download and install phpmyadmin yourself if you wanted:
    https://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php

    It’s not that tricky to install though given the cost of hosting I would look at moving to a new host.

    Thanks for those two replies – I do have WP v1.5.1.2 already (just downloaded it yesterday), and as far as phpMyAdmin, I’m going to ask my hosting people to make sure I haven’t just missed it. But yeah, they just performed this massive platform upgrade that adds a bunch of tools they were previously lacking, but strangely phpMyAdmin doesn’t seem to be one of them. :-/ There’s even something in the FAQ about “Can I access my databases remotely?” and it says no. Don’t know if that’s the same issue, but if it is, then I have my answer.

    The problem is different. Upgrade will not solve it.

    Go to your browser options and delete the cookies for this site. You can always delete all the cookies.

    That will fix it.

    Let me know.

    I did try deleting the cookies before I posted my problem. I tried it again just now – deleting in as many places as I could think of – and still no change. I also deleted the plug-ins, and did everything suggested at the Codex that didn’t involve using phpMyAdmin.

    The same problem happened to me twice, deleting the cookies and restarting the browser solved it for me.

    Also check if your browser is not blocking cookies from this site.

    Try a different browser to see if it helps.

    Having the same problem as tracyberna. Brand new to WordPress… just downloaded it this morning and was super-excited after the fast, easy install (first time working with MySQL, because just like tracyberna, I am also hosted by BlueDomino.)

    Everything seemed to go well, but when I try to login, I am forever redirected to the login page. Cleared cookies multiple times, switched browsers, switched computers completely… nothing works.

    I have same problem.. pleas, anybody, help us!

    Anything here to help you?

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Login_Trouble

    I am having the same problem. How is it possible that wp-login can’t find itself? Everything else works really well, I just can’t login.

    WP 1.5.1.2
    PHP 4.3.1.1
    MySQL 4.1
    Xitami server 2.5
    Firefox 1.0.4

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    How is it possible that wp-login can’t find itself?

    Please explain with quoted error messages if possible.

    wp-login.php says that wp-login.php is handeling the action:

    <form name=”loginform” id=”loginform” action=”wp-login.php” method=”post”>

    But when you click login:
    “The URL you asked for does not exist on this website” (this is Xitami’s 404 message)

    I am stumped. How can it not find itself?

    does anyone have some thoughts on this?

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Try re-uploading your /wp-admin/ folder from a fresh and un-edited copy, preferably from a fresh WordPress download. If that doesn’t help, check your siteurl and home values in your WordPress MySQL database. See: https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/site-url/

Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 19 total)
  • The topic ‘Can’t Log In’ is closed to new replies.

Tags