By drupalfantwo on

Hello Drupal Wiz,

I need to rename the /user path to something else (please don't ask why) where is it located so I can manually hack it to something else?

Thanks :)

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jagdeep commented

It is located in administer->sitebuilding->modules. Then click the checkbox named path and save settings. after this when you create any node then path alias option comes from here you can change the name of path.

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drupalfantwo commented

Great Support :D

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drupalfantwo commented

So I clicked..... but im not after the new created nodes.....
I need to change the login of drupal to somthing else....

the current path to login is http://www.mydomain.com/user
I need to change that path to something else

Please advise Thanks

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vm commented

documentation for the path.module see: http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/path

you can automate path aliases with the pathauto.module (and token.module) in the downloads area.

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drupalfantwo commented

I checked the link, however I can't make any information in that page help me do what I need, currently , I made a subdirectory named /user to cause a 403 error and just customized my 403 error to forward to another page.

Is there any wiser move than what I did?

P.S. My clean url is enabled. I could always disable it just make a page note with an alias of /user ....... yea..... something like that

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vm commented

you do NOT add subdirectories to drupal that mimic drupal paths. delete the /user subdirectory.

adding a directory, causes errors because drupal doesn't expect a directory there.

/user = no directory
/admin = no directory

drupal is dynamic and database driven.

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drupalfantwo commented

Thanks for reply,

Please advise where is that /user information located? If you could please just make it simple for me to understand :)

a) is it on a code?
b) is it on the database? what table?
c) is it on any ini file?

Thanks again :)

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vm commented

the path.module is part of core and can be enabled in administer -> modules
after enabling you are presented with an administer -> url aliases
where you can rewrite paths.

documentation about path.module = http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/path

you can automate paths by getting the pathauto.module which is available in the contributed modules download section. documentation for pathauto = http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/pathauto

If you don't read the documentation, it's hard to help you.

After reading the documentation, if you have a specific question feel free to ask.

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drupalfantwo commented

I'll try to understand what I need to read :)

I read that already (did it too), before this post.....

- set the path for a post with the path module.
- add a URL alias: administer >> url aliases >> add alias.
- administer the list of URL aliases: administer >> url aliases.
- read how to configure clean URLs for your webserver.
- enable Clean URLS to remove the =? at administer >> settings in the General settings area.

I guess im really that dumb :( ....

Thanks again :D