.htaccess loop

flavius

Joined: 2003-03-31
Posts: 4
Posted: Mon, 2003-03-31 14:08

I just tried to install version 1.3.3. (on Linux, Apache Version 1.3.27, php version 4.3.1 ). I received a 500 error when trying to run the wizard so I did lots of reading. Somewhere here within the FAQ , forum or help files it said to delete the .htaccess and it worked. The wizard ran perfectly didn't show any errors but when I try to save, it says "Unable to write to .htaccess" . Of course it can't write to it because it's not there anymore because i needed to remove it so the wizard could run.
When I add the file again I receive the 500 error again. How do I get out of this ?

Any help very much appreciated as I couldn't find any help about this in the FAQ (or I am blind with frustration :wink:)

I am not sure if it matters (probably not) but I am using I.E 6 on Win XP

Thanks in advance,
flavius

 
flavius

Joined: 2003-03-31
Posts: 4
Posted: Mon, 2003-03-31 14:49

Okay, I still get the .htaccess error with the wizard but now the gallery actually shows up :smile:

But NOW I can't login. I used "admin" as the username as stated somehwere here on the forum but it won't take my password I created with the wizard. Any ideas how I can find out why ?

Thanks (again),
falvius

 
alindeman
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Joined: 2002-10-06
Posts: 8194
Posted: Mon, 2003-03-31 21:47

Does it throw an error like 'Invalid Username or Password' or does it just not log you in?

 
flavius

Joined: 2003-03-31
Posts: 4
Posted: Tue, 2003-04-01 10:23

I get the 'Invalid username or password' but both are correct which is very strange. I even ran the wizard again (twice) and added different passwords but to no avail. Same outcome.

 
alindeman
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Posts: 8194
Posted: Tue, 2003-04-01 12:36

That is quite weird. The default username is 'admin' (no quotes, lowercase) and the password is the thing you specified during configuration. CaSe Matters :smile: Try re-running the configuration wizard and put a pretty simple password (2-3 characters, all lowercase). Make sure you're not mistyping it (change it later, of course)...

 
flavius

Joined: 2003-03-31
Posts: 4
Posted: Tue, 2003-04-01 13:24

I just did although I am pretty sure I didn't mis-type before. This time I used a simple 123 as password and the lowercase admin (as before) and I still get the 'Invalid username or password' :sad:

Does this have to do with the missing .htaccess file ?

Thanks for your help btw. !