[Xerte] Re: XOT login problem

[Dave Burnett]

You are saying it goes to the database before it even presents the login page?

> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:50:08 +0100
> From: patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: XOT login problem
> 
> yep, because config.php wants to go to the database
> 
> i look in config.php for the database connection and put an echo after
> 
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I can not get to the login screen.
> >
> > http://www.myserver.com/xerte_ot/index.php
> >
> >
> > returns
> >
> > "1"
> >
> > on screen
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:35:29 +0100
> >
> >> From: patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
> >> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: XOT login problem
> >>
> >> what happens when you play something?
> >>
> >> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > OK, thanks.
> >> > They've probably dropped my db or something.
> >> > Sigh.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:27:02 +0100
> >> >
> >> >> From: patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
> >> >> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: XOT login problem
> >> >>
> >> >> a returned 1 usually means something is up with login_library and it
> >> >> is php returning an error. I forget why, it might be the mysql error
> >> >> failing to connect.
> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I have not chnaged anything.
> >> >> > The hardcoded stuff is in index.txt.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > My ISP is unfortunately a collection of stooges. I've lost MIME
> >> >> > settings
> >> >> > a
> >> >> > couple times, once asp was turned off so my database connection
> >> >> > strings
> >> >> > were
> >> >> > rendering as plain text in the browser, etc.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Could they have done anything to bugger it that it would return "1"
> >> >> > instead
> >> >> > of the normal login page?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:10:53 +0100
> >> >> >> From: patrick.lockley at googlemail.com
> >> >> >> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >> >> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: XOT login problem
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> index.txt sounds like a renamed demo.php?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Dave Burnett
> >> >> >> <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com>
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> > Hi all;
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > I've got an ancient install of XOT I use for testing stuff
> >> >> >> > occasionally.
> >> >> >> > It has the login stuff hardcoded and has worked fine for years.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Today I try to login (index.php) and all that gets written back is
> >> >> >> > "1"
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > I looked the pages in root and nothing appears to have been
> >> >> >> > fiddled
> >> >> >> > with
> >> >> >> > based on the timestamps.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > But something was odd.
> >> >> >> > The file with hardcoded user/pw was named index.txt.
> >> >> >> > I thought that would have been index.php?
> >> >> >> >
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