elfrock

OK. Solved. (Never underestimate the value of taking a shower…)

My browser was caching the admin login page from 2.7.1 – clearing the cache did it.

Thanks for all offers of suggestions.

Peter

On examining files, I’ve found following code inserted at top of index.php :
<?php if(md5($_COOKIE[‘480bfbcdcde9d172’])==”e42328ab54ae9b6d47f0d2bdd04d153a”){ exit; } ?>
I don’t recall it ever being there before. Is it a hack?
Tho don’t see why it should create password problem

Michael – I only have one db for wordpress, and I’m sure it is the correct one, because it is the one I that got upgraded when I went to 2.7.1

Brian – Yes, I had checked the user_mail and it showed I was using correct one

Brian – I tried that route originally but encountered different problem – my username and email were not being recognized – despite triple checking I was using the correct ones. So then I tried the phpmyadmin route.

Sorry, I meant admin – I am using same case

Yes, I have user-login set to Admin. And am using MD5 for password. But problem persists.

I have restored pevious db, and previous wordpress files. But something must have changed to create this problem…

Yes, I did restore backup of db

Tried removing the .htaccess but same problem.

For the moment, I’ve reloaded previous version. But would still appreciate help getting new version working.

I suspect the .htaccess file. Here’s what I carried over into the new version:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /wordpress/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /wordpress/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Resolved it, eventually, thanks to mention of permalinnks. I changed the permalink structure, got the new mod_rewrite code and inserted into my .htaccess, and all seems to be working OK.

Thanks for help.

No there’s no .htaccess file there.