SMF 2.0.9 - cant approve members

[nunosaint]

Hi all,

from today that I can not approve members and cant go to profile settings...
You know what could it be?

[Chas Large]

Could be your Administrator has demoted you?

Need more info please.

Are you an Admin, Global Moderator?

Do you see any error messages?

Any new modifications installed recently?

Any changes to hosting site or host company?

Any previous issues?

[Kindred]

Also, smf version?

[Chas Large]

Also, smf version?

I guessed from the topic title he was using 2.0.9 

[nunosaint]

Could be your Administrator has demoted you?

Need more info please.

Are you an Admin, Global Moderator?

Do you see any error messages?

Any new modifications installed recently?

Any changes to hosting site or host company?

Any previous issues?

I am the only administrator on the forum.

No modifications, no errors or previous issues.

I'm also not have access to my profile and some settings...

Whenever I do any of these actions will go to homepage...

[Kindred]

Also, smf version?

I guessed from the topic title he was using 2.0.9 

WHOOPS!   haven't had enough coffee this morning.


nunosaint...
if the action redirect you to the boardindex (aka the homepage), that suggests that one of three things has happened...
1- some edit you made to your index.php action array has screwed up the array and those actions are no longer recognized
2- you have your forum installed in a subdirectory, with WordPress running on the main site...   and your wordpress "security" add-ons are screwing up your forum.
3- you host has seriously misconfigured mod_security

[nunosaint]

The forum is set in a subdomain...

[Kindred]

and do you have Wordpress in the main domain?

[nunosaint]

Yes

[Kindred]

hence your problem.

WordPress is a HOG!

It tries to take over your entire site, including subdomains.

Your problem is related to one of the so-called "security" add-ons that you installed under WordPress.

[nunosaint]

But why now?

I have both running over 2 years...

What can i do?

[Kindred]

remvoe the so-called security add-on from WordPress.

[margarett]

Also, when you go to your profile and are kicked to your board index, what shows up in your url? The profile link or just /index.php?

[nunosaint]

@mardarett

the index.php...

[margarett]

Please don't create the same support question in the localized area (Portuguese) and in the "general" English boards

About your issue...
Since you only get index.php in the URL, you are being redirected and that is *NOT* a SMF action. To explain:
If you write in your browser an action that SMF doesn't regonize, eg:
http://localhost/smf2/index.php?action=this_action_doesnt_exist
SMF will show you "BoardIndex" BUT the URL that you see on the browser is the one you *TRIED* to access, like the link I just added.

This behavior replicates itself when you go into "areas under actions" or "subactions under actions". When a "sub-something" is unknown, SMF will show you the default "sub" that it knows. Another example, profile settings where you can change your password. The usual link is:
http://localhost/smf2/index.php?action=profile;area=account;u=1
So "area=account" is a known area of "profile" action, ok? Now, if I write this:
http://localhost/smf2/index.php?action=profile;area=random_idiot_area;u=1
SMF shows me the profile summary, which is the default "sub-action" of "profile" BUT the URL that stays in the browser is the one I *TRIED* to access.

All this to say that SMF does NOT redirect you. If you just get index.php, not "?action=profile;area=something", then Kindred is probably right and your are another victim of the power of WP

[nunosaint]

Please don't create the same support question in the localized area (Portuguese) and in the "general" English boards

Sorry...


when i click in action http://forum.abcd.pt/index.php?action=profile;area=account;u=1 [nofollow]

return to http://forum.abcd.pt [nofollow]

[Kindred]

which means that you have a redirect going on somewhere... and that is NOT an SMF action as margarett has said.

Either you have a bad htaccess set up...


Or you have wordpress set up in your main domain, with one of those badly configured "security" add-ons

[margarett]

Yeah, that's not really caused by SMF...

Try to disable some of WP's "security" plugins to see if that helps.

edit: ninja'd