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MikeyJ
PostPosted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:23 pm 
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Hi All,

New to Joomla but I think I have it running correctly....mostly. :-)

One problem I am having is related to logging in to the admin section. When I'm at the admin login page I can enter the correct username/password and the page accepts them but then just refreshes the login page but doesn't go anywhere. At first I was wondering if it was taking the login info properly but if I try an incorrect user/pass purposely, the page will error and tell me they don't match.

Any thoughts?

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Mike
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felix_n
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Hi Mike,

check whether you've got an empty line at the end of your configuration.php and delete it, if so. That's what caused the same behaviour in my case - although I can't reproduce the error by adding another blank line, strange...

If that doesn't help try setting the php.ini-flag display_errors to "On".

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AlexSmirnov
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or else, you could just have a second go at your installation (obviously, completely getting rid of the first one)

by the way, what version are you playing with?

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PhilD
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It sounds like a session cookie issue with your browser. Are you allowing cookies to be set from your Joomla site in your browser? Are they being blocked by anything?

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richwein
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See if you can log in using a different browser, like IE if you are using Firefox.

Also see the post at which sounds similar.

viewtopic.php?f=428&t=471016
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PhilD
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I'll expand a bit on my answer.

If you enter the correct user and password, press the login button and the login page simply refreshes without an error, then it is likely a session cookie problem with the browser used, a browser helper blocking cookies (ad blocker possibly), your internet anti-virus program (Norton for ex.), or a firewall if your behind one, or some other program on your computer, blocking the cookie.

When session cookies are not accepted (or blocked) for whatever reason, Joomla has no way to verify your session. Since the Op stated he does not get an error, just a page refresh then this is likely the issue.

richwein,
That topic is similar, but that is a different issue as that poster is getting an error. Probably due to missing/damaged file(s) and that poster should follow dam-man's advice and upload a full install package overwriting his core Joomla files to see if that fixes the issue.

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Ghonjez
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Hi...

See also this discussion : viewtopic.php?f=431&t=262426

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This is exactly the same that is happening for me, running Joomla 1.5.20 on PHP5...

I've even over-written the Administrator directory from scratch, cleared all the domain cookies, tried it on several different browsers on several different machines...

still not working

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millend
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My "admin refresh" thingie was caused by session time setting, which I for some reason tried to list as 9999999 or smt along those lines, after which my admin login was non-cooperative. :)

Changed manually through ftp and all was fine afterwards. Weird.
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jhachkowski
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I've been researching this problem for many many days now, and one thing that no one has mentioned is that the problem could be caused by form and registration plugins. If you uninstall it, it may have turned off some variables in your database in order to use its own resources.

Be sure and check in phpmyadmin

jos_plugins -> User - Joomla! is set to published

This might seem to simple of a fix, but it can be easily overlooked.

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Normally such problem occurs due to php session limit have you tried to increase it?

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suhayla
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Hi,

I'm having real issues with this. I checked my jos_plugin in php and I dont seem to have User-Joomla! Where is it? Can anyone help?

Admin pages just refreshes and I cannot log in.

Just seemed to stop last time I tried to log in. I'm using PHP5 and host says its a joomla problem.

Any ideas that work??

Su
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MPolleke
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I raed in another forum post that removing the "index.php" from the address returns to another/same login page. Logging in works then. You could try that. It worked for me.
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suhayla
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Tried that, it didn't work for me. Is there anything else to try?

Su
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Csabesz75
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Hi all,

for me solution was to include session.save_path in .htaccess file:
php_value session.save_path '/tmp' (or whatever writable folder)

Hope this help.
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amoreno
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Doesn't work
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msoweidan
PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:38 pm 
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I had this loop login problem in my website, i found a solution also.
1. Backup your database
2. Re-upload the installation folder to the main directory.
3. Rename the configuration.php file.
4. Run the joomla installation.
5. Go to phpmyadmin and drop the tables in the database.
6. Upload your backuped database.
7. Try to login.

This worked with my problem.
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gbento119
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I am having the exact same issue and tried everything that's been said before but still can't get it to work. Please advise
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orosro
PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 10:05 am 
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Hello,

I had the same problem. I tried to to a redirect in .htacces from mysite.com/index.php to mysite.com and this made my login page to refresh itself instead of going to administrator/index.php . I deleted to rewrite rule from .htacces and solved the problem. Try looking for rules like this.

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raghavmitra
PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:49 am 
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orosro wrote:
Hello,

I had the same problem. I tried to to a redirect in .htacces from mysite.com/index.php to mysite.com and this made my login page to refresh itself instead of going to administrator/index.php . I deleted to rewrite rule from .htacces and solved the problem. Try looking for rules like this.

Cheers


First make sure your .htaccess file doesnot contain any blank lines.
Try removing comment at line 69 in the file administrator/components/com_login/]admin.login.php . Try logging into the admin panel again. You should be successfully logged in .

Hope that helps.
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Snidebait
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raghavmitra wrote:
orosro wrote:
Hello,

I had the same problem. I tried to to a redirect in .htacces from mysite.com/index.php to mysite.com and this made my login page to refresh itself instead of going to administrator/index.php . I deleted to rewrite rule from .htacces and solved the problem. Try looking for rules like this.
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Cheers


First make sure your .htaccess file doesnot contain any blank lines.
Try removing comment at line 69 in the file administrator/components/com_login/]admin.login.php . Try logging into the admin panel again. You should be successfully logged in .

Hope that helps.


I've been having a similar problem until I saw a recommendation to remove any blank lines in .htaccess, did that, reuploaded and it fixed all the issues!

I don't even remember adding any blank lines, I'm pretty sure it was just some leftover formatting from an update!
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fstab
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I SOLVED that REALLY QUICKLY with sql script on Joomla 1.7 WITHOUT REINSTALL

You must change only the prefix (xi60b_ in my case) in this script to yours!!!

How to:

1) open attached file in pspad (for example) and use CTRL+H to replace database prexif to yours (in whole file)

EXAMPLE OF ONE LINE FROM SCRIPT!
Code:
 UPDATE `xi60b_extensions` SET`client_id`='0', `enabled`='1', `access`='1', `protected`='1' WHERE `extension_id`=1 LIMIT 1;

Attachment:
sqlquery.txt

2) save the file as is (txt)
3) open your phpmyadmin and backup your _extensions table (or whole database)
4) open the window for SQL command prompt
5) copy plaintext from changed file from your disk (pspad for example CTRL+A, CTRL+C)
6) paste code in the SQL command window and press RUN or what you have there for query execution
7) go to the admin login screen and log in :)

I hope u get it

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bogeyhooper
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Hey! Thanks. Above method working just fine.
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aakashdavis
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PHP most of the times shows some strange behavior when any empty line is added at end of ?> closing tags or in the beginning of opening tags.
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babinos4
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In my case, my website on joomla 1.5 worked perfectly on the old server, i wanted to move it another host. I did it with xcloner, it was played with a few clicks, but in the new domain, the database was at the old host.
So using phpmyadmin, i just export and import the database. Reading and changing configuration, the site is good enough. My problem as all yours, when i'm trying to login to administrator, i just get refresh of the page. i dont know what should i change in configuration file, cause i think the only reason is this. As a comment, when database was at the old host, and i was viewing in the new domain (think a clone) i had no problem using everythink. Now i changed :
var $log_path =
var $tmp_path =
var $user =
var $db =

Still getting refresing when i put wrong or correct password for administrator page.
Anyone have some idea? i tried all the previus posts that i read, nothing help me. Did it happend to anyone after changing host?

edit:
i didnt change the --var $password--
is it element for new database reading data by new host? or just database? my mind goes only to this.. need help :-((
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iaron
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fstab wrote:
I SOLVED that REALLY QUICKLY with sql script on Joomla 1.7 WITHOUT REINSTALL

You must change only the prefix (xi60b_ in my case) in this script to yours!!!
.....



That worked for me too! Thanks a lot!
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