Problem: adding new admins

zlmark · Regular Joined: Sep 25, 2006 Posts: 57

I'm using the 2.02 and i just tried to add new admin. I use the cgi auth and verified he is listed in the .staccess file. we can get past the first login prompt but can't get past the admin login page, it's like the wrong password or security code. Tried clearing cookies, added his ip to protected range.
what am i missing?

Thanks,,Mark

persona_non_grata · Joined: Posts: 0

and scan for new admins ?

zlmark · Regular Joined: Sep 25, 2006 Posts: 57

did that. here is what it says...Scan for New Admins has completed. Is there a sequence to follow to add them. I added him by the "edit admins" then went through the sentinel

persona_non_grata · Joined: Posts: 0

well i dont know your situation or website,whats installed or not,or whats modified.
search the forum for add admins,that will show a bunch of related results you can try.

Gremmie · Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 6:25 pm

Sorry, dumb question, but you did go into your admin panel and click on Edit Admins to add the admins, right? This adds the admins to Nuke. Then you can use the Sentinel functions to get Sentinel to recognize them and write the .staccess, etc.

Have a look in your _authors table to see if they are there.

zlmark · Regular Joined: Sep 25, 2006 Posts: 57

Right that was the first step. then i did the scan for new admins and all it said was what i showed above. this is the first time adding for me so i don't know what to expect. the .staccess lists him, the _authors table does too.

montego · Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 7:37 pm

Make sure and clear ALL cookies and then with a new browser window, try the following:

1. In the browser address bar access

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2. This should immediately pop-up a new dialog asking for your user id and password. He is to use the one you gave him within NukeSentinel (the one stored in .staccess).

3. Now the admin login page should be shown with another userid / password login (but this one isn't a pop-up). There should also be a captcha there right?

4. Now he needs to enter in the userid and password that you gave him within the Edit Admins (nuke_authors table), as well as the captcha letters. Make sure he pays attention to whether the captcha was presented or not and if so, do all 5 letters show?

Also, remember that each username and password are case sensitive. Also, I would stay away from special characters in the usernames and possibly even in the passwords.

Hope that helps.

zlmark · Regular Joined: Sep 25, 2006 Posts: 57

well the admin name is the exact same as his working user name on the site. it has a _ and the rest letters. I tried it with all cookies cleared, he did too. we both get past the Sentinel login prompt. but can't get past the admin login. Of course my admin login still works. It's like something real stoopid is happening here,,caps lock etc but thats not the case.

montego · Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 6:41 am

Yes, this is odd. Try a user name without the underscores and just letters to see if that is it. I am running out of ideas... Sad

zlmark · Regular Joined: Sep 25, 2006 Posts: 57

fixed

I deleted and tried one without underscores and it worked. I deleted that one and tried the original with the underscores again and it worked. There must have been an error between the keyboard and the seat Blonde Moment

Thanks for helping

montego · Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 7:38 pm

You are most welcome!

FireATST · Involved Joined: Jun 12, 2004 Posts: 496 Location: Ohio

lol....will have to remember that error description of between the keyboard and the seat......I have that one a lot.....lol ROTFL

CodyG · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 2:08 pm