ILLEGAL COPY OF SMF

[M70]

How can I uninstall a mod if I can't log in?

Do I just delete the file from the Packages forlder?

[M70]

I've find it on "Sources", do I have to delete anything else?

[metallica48423]

i was able to register and log in just fine, thats odd.

[M70]

I hate my superpowers.

The design of the index.php reminds of the deleted custom Theme, how can it be?

[metallica48423]

what is it doing when you attempt to log in?

[M70]

Nothing, the same weird/empty page with the copyright text.

[metallica48423]

odd... i can see everything fine, just at the bottom theres a copyright warning.

I can take a look quickly if you wish but i would need admin access to do so.  If you find my account in phpmyadmin and set the group id to 0 it would do it...

But that is completely up to you.

[M70]

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7581/smfcopyrightqh5.jpg

[metallica48423]

what happens if you use the default theme?

add to the end of the homepage url ?theme=1

IE index.php?theme=1

do you have the error on that? and also, can you login through that?

[M70]

index.php?theme=1  shows the same page.

I really hate those superpowers.

[metallica48423]

without seeing the site for myself, i cant really be of much assistance.

Best of luck, though

[G6™]

I helped fix this on a site some time ago.
What i did there was that i replaced the /Sources/load.php /Sources/Subs.php and the /themes/Default/index.template.php and i had to update this part to the custome themes he had installed.

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// Show the "Powered by" and "Valid" logos, as well as the copyright. Remember, the copyright must be somewhere!
   echo '

   <div id="footerarea" style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1ex;', $context['browser']['needs_size_fix'] && !$context['browser']['is_ie6'] ? ' width: 100%;' : '', '">
      <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"><!-- // --><![CDATA[
         function smfFooterHighlight(element, value)
         {
            element.src = smf_images_url + "/" + (value ? "h_" : "") + element.id + ".gif";
         }
      // ]]></script>
      <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center" width="100%">
         <tr>
            <td width="28%" valign="middle" align="', !$context['right_to_left'] ? 'right' : 'left', '">
               <a href="http://www.mysql.com/" target="_blank"><img id="powered-mysql" src="', $settings['images_url'], '/powered-mysql.gif" alt="', $txt['powered_by_mysql'], '" width="54" height="20" style="margin: 5px 16px;" onmouseover="smfFooterHighlight(this, true);" onmouseout="smfFooterHighlight(this, false);" /></a>
               <a href="http://www.php.net/" target="_blank"><img id="powered-php" src="', $settings['images_url'], '/powered-php.gif" alt="', $txt['powered_by_php'], '" width="54" height="20" style="margin: 5px 16px;" onmouseover="smfFooterHighlight(this, true);" onmouseout="smfFooterHighlight(this, false);" /></a>
            </td>
                           <td valign="middle" align="center" style="white-space: nowrap;" class="smalltext">
                                        ', theme_copyright(), ' <br />', tportal_version() , '
                                </td>
            <td width="28%" valign="middle" align="', !$context['right_to_left'] ? 'left' : 'right', '">
               <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" target="_blank"><img id="valid-xhtml10" src="', $settings['images_url'], '/valid-xhtml10.gif" alt="', $txt['valid_xhtml'], '" width="54" height="20" style="margin: 5px 16px;" onmouseover="smfFooterHighlight(this, true);" onmouseout="smfFooterHighlight(this, false);" /></a>
               <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer" target="_blank"><img id="valid-css" src="', $settings['images_url'], '/valid-css.gif" alt="', $txt['valid_css'], '" width="54" height="20" style="margin: 5px 16px;" onmouseover="smfFooterHighlight(this, true);" onmouseout="smfFooterHighlight(this, false);" /></a>
            </td>
         </tr>
      </table>';

That got rid of the ellegal notice in the bottom on all themes. Even the older outdated themes he wanted to keep.
He had to add the theme makers copywrite though.

[M70]

But I've already deleted the old Theme and deleted/uploaded again the Themes and Sources folders.

[M70]

Solved using repair_settings.php

[Scummbuddy]

I followed G6's method a few posts up, and was also able to get rid of the "Illegal Copy" from the bottom of my page. I also went through my directory and got rid of all the blah_blah.php~ (the ones that have the squiggly afterwards) which allowed me to view more pages than normal, but I still can not log in, nor make new accounts.

Would it be safe to delete my entire directory on my webspace, and then reinstall smf 1.0.1 and then upgrade through the forums? I wouldn't lose all of my previous forum posts would I? That is safe and stored on my mysql server on godaddy, right?

http://lucasstyle.com/forum/index.php [nofollow]

[SleePy]

The database error most likely means that the database needs upgraded.
upload upgrade.php and the two sql files then run that from the browser.

[Scummbuddy]

I was able to put back up the three files you mentioned, and successfully reinstalled version 1.1.1, but then, again, trying to login I get this message:

-----------------
You were unable to login. Please check your cookie settings.
-----------------


So, I still figured something was wrong, but I did "allow all cookies" for another try at logging in, but it didn't work. (earlier, before the reinstall, I once had it at the point that said "security features have changed, you must relogin below" after trying to login)

I tried to register a new person, but after filling out the information and hitting "I agree", I just get dumped back at the Register for the forum page.

Are there any other problems that could be causing this?

[SleePy]

Did you run upgrade.php from your browser?  

[Scummbuddy]

Yes, sorry I didn't specifically say that, but that's what I meant in my previous post.

[SleePy]

Well your site is still giving me the database error which means something isn't fully upgraded when you ran the upgrade.php

Open settings.php and add in the database section
$db_show_debug = true;

Hopefully it will show us more about the database error.