[Xerte] Re: XOT login problem

[Pat Lockley]

yes, because some of the settings (title, text) are in the DB, like a CMS

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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