New Install IIS 5 Can't Login reauth loop

  • Resolved mlustig

    (@mlustig)


    13 years, 6 months ago

    I’m stuck with Windows 2000 server, IIS 5.0, because it’s behind a firewall and I don’t have the ability to upgrade it myself. I have mysql 5 and PHP 5.2.14. I’m just a guy, not a developer or programmer.

    This is about a new installation of WordPress I’ve been stuck on for 2 days. Everything went ok with the installation. But after the install I can’t login. Can’t get to the admin page. I can see the default home page, but can’t login or change anything. The login page accepts my username and password without error, but then just redirects me back to the login page like this: https://mysite.mydomain.com/WordPress/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.mydomain.com.%2FWordPress%2Fwp-admin%2Findex.php&reauth=1.

    I’ve searched and searched this site and others but nothing seems to work for me.

    What have I tried?
    1. Deleted Cookies
    2. Different browser
    3. Changed URL via mysql and various suggested php commands found here
    4. Checked and rechecked permissions on directories and in iis as best as I know how.
    5. Deleted all the tables in the database and reinstalled.
    6. Downloaded WordPress again, re-edited config file, deleted all tables and reinstalled.
    7. Regenerated all the password keys and salts. Tried without the salts. Tried my own keys and salts. Tried pepper (that’s a joke).
    8. Opened a variety of php files and removed trailing spaces and linefeeds. Added some ?> tags until I realized that none of the files seem to have them.
    9. Got some “cannot modify headers” warnings a couple of times during install. Tried to fix them in the php files. Couldn’t count the line numbers that high.
    10. Took out my plugins (which seemed silly since I never installed any.)

    Probably more.

    Any help from anybody could not possibly be worse than the sense of loneliness and frustration I currently have. This is not a 5 minute install for me.

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  • Did you set the site to be https://example.com:81 when you setup the site in wp-config.php? (obviously use the port number you used not 81).

    At this point you will need to get with one of your IIS experts. Installing on IIS 5 is a very difficult task to say the least. There must be a server setting that is forcing the redirect.

    Thread Starter mlustig

    (@mlustig)

    I let WordPress set up the URL as it normally does. I checked the database, though, and it does point to the correct port.

    I don’t have a an IIS expert that can deal with this. I’m hoping one will appear here. Until then I am grasping at any straws I can find.

    I’m sure that eventually my company IS team will come up with a solution. For example, they are almost ready to consider upgrading their thousands of browsers from IE6 to something newer. So by my calculations they will get this done by 2013.

    Thread Starter mlustig

    (@mlustig)

    kcristiano, or anyone else — are you aware of any site successfully running WP 3.2.1 on Windows Server 2000 and IIS 5? If I could know definitively that it doesn’t work and is not supported that might help me too.

    I have not done 3.2.1 on IIS 5. I did (I think) WordPress 2.0 on IIS 5, but that was ages ago and just not worth it. I do not even have an instance of IIS 5 to test on any more.

    From the steps you have done already, I am at the end of my ideas. You do say you have tried different browsers. Which and have you completely dumped the cache (of the browser) and then tried?

    Thread Starter mlustig

    (@mlustig)

    I tried Safari (Mac), Firefox (Mac and PC), IE 8 (PC). Dumped the caches multiple times.

    The resolution of this problem: installed a new Windows 2003 server with IIS 6. I’m not experienced at this. I had some help, but correct installation of PHP to the web server took a few tries and I’m still not confident that it’s perfect.

    Directory permissions seem to be a real bugaboo. I can’t find specific instructions on how they should be set up. Even when I get an error message I feel like I’m kind of on my own. But if I really get stuck I’ll post another thread. Thanks for the help and attention.

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