Upgrade to 7.8 and 7.9 No icons in admin and access denied

Nuke Soldier Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 13

I have upgraded to 7.8 and then to 7.9 from 6.5 every step of the way checking. When I got to 7.8 the icons dissapeared on the admin login and every time I tried to change something I get access denied. I have logged in as the god account and as the administrator account both give the same results. My config.php has the line in it $admin_file = "admin.php"; but I still get the same error. I am desperatly trying to beat the hackers from getting to my site again. I have restored the db and the site from hacked back to 6.5 nonhacked and upgraded from there. Please any help appreciated.

Chipman

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12373

You may have some old admin scripts. Delete the entire /admin directory and restore from your phpNuke package. Also, the $admin_file should be "admin" - no ".php"

Nuke Soldier Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 13

I changed the config file and deleted the admin dir if I just run the upgrade from 7.8 to 7.9 will that reintstall the admin dir? if not how can I get it back?

Thanks for the help

Chipman

Nuke Soldier Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 13

I uploaded the new admin file. But now I go to log on and I get the admin page but it says access denied I am logging in as the old god account.

Please help Thanks

Chipman

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12373

May need to clear your cookies, clear your authors table, go to your admin page to create a new God account

Nuke Soldier Joined: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 13

I cleared my cookies and same problem. I go into the database and the in the authors section there is only 2 Me and the other account I use which is the god account. If I delete these I can not get into the admin section to add them back. I can not get into the admin section I get access denied. Do I need to upload the new config file from 7.9 also or is that all taken care of from me doing the individuale updates. Also is this possibly a chmod problem? Thank you for your continued support. You guys are awesome.

Chipman

Site Admin Joined: Aug 17, 2003 Posts: 12373

Not sure why it is not creating a new God account.
Use phpMyAdmin and post the structure of your authors table