Locked myself out of secure site
quikone - March 2, 2009 - 00:21
I turned on secure site settings and changed the main page url. Now when I try to login the system goes to an https:// and I get the following from firefox;
Though the site seems valid, the browser was unable to establish a connection.
* Could the site be temporarily unavailable? Try again later.
* Are you unable to browse other sites? Check the computer's network connection.
* Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy? Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing.
Is there a way I can reverse this, or is there a back door into my site or can I change something in the main site file to fix it?
Ron
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disable the secure site module in your database by setting it's status to 0
locked out
If I am doing this right, I am still locked out.
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steps used?
Locked out
First I went to webmin and disabled ssl. Stop/restart, still locked out. Temporarily removed module from the modules folder, still locked out after apache2 stop/restart.
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Does that mean you manually went into the database. Found the system table. Browsed it. Located the rows that referenced the module in question. edited those rows and set the status to 0 ?
Edited to correct the information I gaveLocked out
How should I do it properly?
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steps are explained in my previous comment.
use your database admin tool. For most it is phpmyadmin, I don't know what you have.
Locked out
I can't find any reference to ssl or secure pages in phpmyadmin.
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sorry. I meant the system table. It's there, it has to be there or the module wouldn't be enabled.
The only other thing you can do is go back to the back up you should have taken before you deployed a new module. Provided you took a back up.
locked out
Okay, I am there. Through PHPMyadmin. What now? Found it, stand by.
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MAKE BACK UPS FIRST!
BROWSE the system table (hover over the icons)
LOCATE the necessary ROW in the SYSTEM TABLE
EDIT that row
SET STATUS to 0
The only other option is to pay someone else to do this for you. to learn how to use phpmyadmin, visit their site.
Solved
Thanks,
That solved it.