Cannot Login To Site (User/Admin) Locked Out

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 8:25 pm

Hey all,
My site really hasnt been giving me any problems until today. Nuke6.5 site, Nukebb 2.0.5. It was working fine until I downloaded the Site_Info block from http://gaylenandmargie.com/phpwebsite and activated it in my blocks.
Now user login via Site Info block, your account module, and forum login does not work, it just refreshes the page with nothing occuring, still showing me as visitor. It is also affecting my admin login via admin.php. I get the same thing, site just refreshes. Since I am locked out I have replaced the code of the block with the phpBB2_User_Menu and User_Info block code that ships with 6.5, the same thing occurs, no errors are present on pages. I have deleted cookies, temp int files, forced refresh (CTRL + F5). All to no avail. I have tried I.E and Mozilla 1.4 to login as user and admin, I have had no luck doing so. My Your_Account module is set not to use the security block. The only changes that have occured on my system is the block. No other files have been changed. Please help Me. I am completely stumped.

URL is [url]test.audioslaved.com[/end]

General Joined: Mar 22, 2003 Posts: 5233 Location: USA

I modified that block from the UserInfo block that ships with nuke. Since that block makes no changes to any tables, it cannot be the source of the problem. The fact that you deactivated it and still have the problem substantiates that. Can you think of anthing else that you might have changed that could be causing that? If you added the language mods, make sure that you don't have any blank lines after the closing ?> tag in the language file. Try replacing the file with the original one that ships with nuke.

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 11:24 pm

Raven,
Thx for the reply, yeah, like I said in the post above, I swapped out all the code within the block file with the original blocks code. Then I uploaded it to the site. It displays fine, but for some reason, I am unable to logon, and for some reason, this is effecting not only my normal user login, but also my admin login. I have checked the files and the only table that gets touched that I can see is on the phpBB2_User_Menu, it looks like it updates the nuke_sessions table. The reason I am swapping out the code is because I am unable to login as admin to deactivate the blocks. I double checked the authors and users table and can confirm that both of my accounts are still there. Can someone go to the site, create an account and try to login, this will confirm whether it is definitely a site issue, and not my computer all jacked up. Thx.

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 12:34 am

This is absolutely ridiculous, the only way i can login is to use the login block, i have deleted these 3 blocks off my server and unzipped from original package, uploaded and added them again, activated them, they show, but when I log out and attempt to login, the screen only refreshes and I am still anonymous.
phpBB2_User_Menu
Site_Info (From Ravens Site)
User_Info (From 6.5 Install)

When I try to login using one of these blocks. It is only allowing me login when I use the Login block that came with the install. I am still completely stumped on this. It does not make any sense. Please somebody help me out here, the phpBB2_User_Menu was working fine until I activated the Site_Info block, now this block does not work as well. Thx everyone.

-Bill

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jul 23, 2003 Posts: 11

The same thing, not being able to login through admin.php, forum, or regular login, is happening to me; however, I am certain it is because of my Site Info/Login block which is the same as yours, because when I deactivate it, (I just change the file name so it won't load on the page) everything works fine and I can log in again.

I thought maybe it had something to do with the fact that there are two security codes on the page, (one in the block and the regular one) but I just started using php and do not know much, so who knows. By the way, is the "Site Visitors" Block on this page the same one that I downloaded, if not, can you tell me where I can download this one so that I do not have the same login troubles.
Thanks for the help.

General Joined: Mar 22, 2003 Posts: 5233 Location: USA

OK guys, I have no problem with people reporting bugs but enough is enough with the direct implications and inferences in your posts. First of all it is the USERINFO block that ships with 6.5 nuke and I have only tweaked/enhanced it. But, I am using that block along with many other people. I just installed it on 4 sites this past weekend and it works perfectly. Can you login at my site? If so, it's not the block per se. There is no code in there that would harm your setup. I even did a byte-by-byte compare with the one in my download library to the one used on my site. They are identical!

Furthermore, look at the code in the block. The only SQL statements that are used are SELECT statements. This is not (and cannot be) harming your setup. Now, if your user tables and other tables have been modified, then that might be keeping the logic from working correctly to log you in. But, if you are running a virgin setup then the block will work. You can't just overlay or pop any block or module into nuke and expect it to work if you have added any other modules or blocks that have modified the users table or one of the othere tables that the site info block SELECTS from.

Now, the fact that you are having problems is obvious or you wouldn't be posting here. Make sure that you have deactivated all other login blocks.

And Steze, you are offbase. My block has NOTHING to do with admin.php nor forum.php, so whatever the interaction is there, it is do to some kind of a configuration error.

No, it is not the same one used here although the base code is still the same as mine. That one is not available.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jul 23, 2003 Posts: 11

Hey, I'm sorry if I offended anyone, I was just saying that I downloaded the same block and am having the same problems. I clearly know that countless others use this block without problems and the error lies somewhere with some conflict or something I did wrong when installing something. Quite simply, I can't log in when the block is activated and can when it isnt't. I just wanted AudioSlaved to know that he isn't crazy/alone, as this has happened to me. As I said, I don't know much about php, so thanks for the advice on the tables and configuration, I'll attempt to look into it.

Also, I could see how my comment could be perceived as an attack on the Site_Info Block, but I certainly didn't mean it that way; in fact, I love the block and still want to use it despite the problem I had, that is why I posted this, http://nukecops.com/postt6389.html, I was hoping I could have it not load on those login pages, as I thought it might of been that security code conflict, but now that I know it isn't that, I'll look into remedying whatever conflict there might be. Once again, thanks for your help.

General Joined: Mar 22, 2003 Posts: 5233 Location: USA

I'm not offended. I just want the facts clear and understood. Have you done any mods to anything either via adding blocks and/or modules? Try the default userinfo block (not login block) that ships with Nuke and see if you have the same problems (you have to activate it). That will help isolate what SELECT call might be failing.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jul 23, 2003 Posts: 11

Here are the facts: I can log in through the Site_Info block as long as the forums, admin, or your account module isn't being displayed, once I am on one of those pages I can neither login through the block nor their respective logins; as well as the opposite, that is, I can log into forums, admin, and your account as long as the block isn't activated. Also, the regular login block works fine. In regards to the default user info, I do not have a block called block-User_Info.php, I might not be understanding you correctly or I might be missing something.

I have the following blocks in my blocks folder: block-Advertising.php, block-Amazon.php, block-Big_Story_of_Today.php, block-Categories.php, block-Content.php, block-Encyclopedia.php, block-Ephemerids.php, block-Forums.php, block-Languages.php, block-Last_5_Articles.php, block-Last_Referers.php, block-Letter.php, block-Login.php, block-Modules.php, block-Month_Of_Events.php, block-Month_Of_Events2.php, block-Old_Articles.php, block-Random_Headlines.php, block-Reviews.php, block-Sample_Block.php, block-Search.php, block-Sections_Articles.php, block-Site_Info.php, block-Survey.php, block-Top10_Downloads.php, block-Top10_Links.php, block-Total_Hits.php, block-Upcoming_Events.php, block-Who_is_Online.php.

Most likely I've misunderstood you and wasted your time by making you read through that, but hopefully it helps you help me. Thanks again.

Also, I've installed NuCalendar and that's about it.

General Joined: Mar 22, 2003 Posts: 5233 Location: USA

Look in your original nuke v6.5 download blocks directory and you will have a block called block-User_Info.php. It is not activated by default and you have to custom select it in nuke admin.

Nuke Soldier Joined: Jul 23, 2003 Posts: 11

Ok, everything works fine with the User Info block, what does this mean? I am going to reinstall the Site Info block as well, maybe something got screwed up in the transfer?

Update: I re-upped the block and everything is working again. Could something of edited the block, is there any reason why it might not have been working and is now?

Also, thank you very much for your time and patience, this is a great site and I know I can always depend on it.

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 1:40 pm

Raven,
What I meant by it being ridiculous was the fact that none of those blocks will work, I wasnt trashing anything, I was merely talking about it not making any sense to me, because of the fact I have not changed any Core files, this is what I can tell you about the problem.
I have completed deleted 3 blocks off my server,
block-User_Info (Shipped with Nuke 6.5)
block-Site_Info
block-phpBB2_User_Menu
I have uploaded the files from the zip/tar to the proper location on my server (/blocks directory)
I have activated one at a time and tried to login using it.
When I attempt to login, it basically looks like it is refreshing the screen. I have cleared cookies multiple times, forced refresh, and even tried it on two browsers to ensure it was not just IE acting up. Again, I have not changed any code in any of the block files. The last time I changed any core code was applying Sec Fix 4 and the time before that was Deleting the Security Code. The phpBB2 file was working successfully since I put the site up, but after activating the Site_Info block, my site does not respod to any login other than using the default login block (block-Login). Again, not trying to offend anyone here, and when I wrote the ridiculous comment, It was written in amazement, because I am completely stumped on this issue. Thx for your time.

General Joined: Mar 22, 2003 Posts: 5233 Location: USA

Stezez, This is really bizarre. Do you have access to your Apache error logs? If so, look at the logs to see if there are errors being recorded.

[I edited and added Stezez name to avoid confusion in the post]

General Joined: Mar 22, 2003 Posts: 5233 Location: USA

Audioslaved,

NP. The fact that you installed the block and then removed it should mean that you are restored to your original state. The block is harmless as I already stated. I'm as stumped on this as you are.

That refreshing of the screen is an indication that it's not accessing the table and just erring out. If you have access to your error log, look to see if anything is being recorded.

General Joined: Mar 22, 2003 Posts: 5233 Location: USA

Stezez wrote:

Ok, everything works fine with the User Info block, what does this mean? I am going to reinstall the Site Info block as well, maybe something got screwed up in the transfer?

Update: I re-upped the block and everything is working again. Could something of edited the block, is there any reason why it might not have been working and is now?

Also, thank you very much for your time and patience, this is a great site and I know I can always depend on it.

I just caught this post. I have no idea. Are you using cuteFTP? Do you always ftp php files binary (you should)?