By snambi on

We have drupal 4.7.6 installation with apache 2.0, php 4.4.6 and Mysql 4.1.14.
PHP is able to query from mysql.
apache is able to execute php scripts.

drupal is installed successfully.

however we have a problem.
This is the first step of configuration.

1. go to http://gnuranch.com:4040
2. register your self.
3. you will receive email.
4. login to the site.
5. try to access the "administrative page"... it shows "access denied".

I need someone to solve this problem.
If you are good with drupal, it may take 2 hours of work.
I'll am willing to pay $50/hr to solve this issue.

please contact me if you can finish this.
-nambi

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.7.x

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vm’s picture

vm commented

The only user who can access the administer page by default is the very first created user. This is why you get an access denied page when trying to go to administration area after a new account is registered.

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snambi commented

That is correct.
The very first user created couldn't access the "administrative page".
If the database is messed up, how do I reset everything?

vm’s picture

vm commented

Drop all tables in the database, clear your browser cache this will let you reinstall Drupal.

When creating a first created user, after submission of Screenname and email address, you are brough to a screen where you can manually set the password without having to wait for the email. Then the email can be discarded and you can continue to get to work on your site.

Since you have no content, I was drop all tables and start from the beginning of installation.

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bekeen commented

The bug is appearing in the IE6/7 but in the FireFox the admin login work ok. This was a bug with session function and it fixed in the Drupal 5.1

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mgcarley commented

I recently had a 5.1 installation that wasn't fixed as described: I went to settings.php and had to change the drupal cookie domain from www.blah.com to www2.blah.com in this case. Try that, especially since a different port than normal (4040 instead of 80) is being used... perhaps Drupal is complaining about it (but not making the error obvious).

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bcn commented

I can second the above comment, i.e. if you are using drupal on a non-standard port (e.g. anything but 80), you might have to change the cookie setting code (to reflect the port you're using) in the settings.php file.