Re-naming admin.php

Client Joined: Dec 04, 2004 Posts: 757

Hi all, as we all know when 7.6 got released one of its best features was being able to rename the admin.php file, but there is nothing anywhere as far as I have surfed to fin out how to go about it????, does anyone know anywhere?, I have renamed the admin.php file to something else and also added in the config.php file and I do manage to get into a part loaded adminastration panel but not one of the links work??
Cheer for any help
mrix

Useless Joined: Aug 23, 2002 Posts: 213 Location: Chicago

First thing is to upload EVERY file from "html" folder to the root directory of PHP-Nuke and then patch it from the main page of this site.

2: Rename your admin.php to whatever.php.

In config.php, make sure you have

Code:




$admin_file = "whatever";

NOT

Code:




$admin_file = "whatever.php";

See if that helps.

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:53 am

Hello I did what you sugested but when I go to login I can get into the control panel but it only loads half a page and ses access denied over the top of the backup database icon ...all icon dont work to be honest???
Thanks for your help anyway
p.s I have Sentinal installed ??? could that be a problem?

mind you I one of the patch files I could not upload was index.php because when I did I got a white screen with you cannot access this file directly???

Hangin' Around Joined: Sep 27, 2003 Posts: 49

In the backup.php file inside the /admin/modules/ check to see if you have this at the top.

Code:




global $prefix, $db, $admin_file;





if(!eregi("".$admin_file.".php", $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])) {


die ("Access Denied");


}

Maknig sure you have $admin_file inside the global as well as in the file name for the !eregi if statement as shown above.

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:40 am

Hi again no I dont have that code there, I did upload the 7.6 patch file from this site though and this is the code I have there

global $prefix, $db, $admin_file;
if (!stristr($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'], "".$admin_file.".php")) { die ("Access Denied"); }

could you tell me what I should have instead
Thanks again
mrix

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:13 pm

Oh thats ok thats the new code that loads pages faster.

Subject Matter Expert Joined: Feb 23, 2004 Posts: 358

First thing to do is, don't bother with the sillyness involved in renaming files. Use the time you waste being locked out of your site and/or chasing down a zillion problems with this insanity, and instead take the wife/husband or significant other out for a nice dinner. Tell them the 'net phreek sends his best... Wink

PHrEEk

Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 5:41 pm