Cannot login. Page just reloads.

[cassie]

I installed SMF 2.0.7 on a domain in March. It's a side project of mine, so had to put it aside for awhile.

Yesterday, I had time to work on it and went to install a new theme. I tried to log in but received the error "Your session timed out while posting. Please go back and try again." I tried again to no avail. I then decided to use the forgot password link, but after I filled in my email address, I received the same error.

I decided to just delete the database and directory and start over with a new install.

Now when I try to log in, it just reloads the page...nothing else. I can't log in but I don't get an error.

I've checked the error log on the server and there's nothing there.

I've tried it in Firefox and Chrome with the same results.

This is a clean install -- no mods.

I've used SMF for years but the last version I used on a now retired forum was 1.1 -- 2.0 is new to me, for what that's worth.

Can someone give me some other things to check? I'm stumped.

Thanks!

[margarett]

Can you give us a phpinfo?
What is a phpinfo() file?

[Herman's Mixen]

If you are actually not on PHP 5.5 stay at SMF 2.0.6 !
so i assume you need to downgrade to 2.0.6 in this case

[cassie]

Herman, that's likely the answer. I'm not on PHP 5.5. Will install 2.0.6 and report back. Thanks!

[margarett]

That's really not related. There are no session issues with 2.0.7 and that version still works with PHP 4.something+

Can you give us a phpinfo?
What is a phpinfo() file?

[Bob Perry of Web Presence Consulting]

to O.P. did you try clearing your browser cache and cookies?

[cassie]

Well, 2.0.6 didn't improve things at all.

Margaret, I could share phpinfo.php but could you just ask me for pertinent info? I'm running PHP version 5.4.27.

Bob, I did clear browser cache and cookies. No change.

[Bob Perry of Web Presence Consulting]

Cassie, if it were me I'd go back up to SMF 2.0.7 and run repair_settings.php, be sure and download the latest version from here, there's many improvements, make sure all your settings are correct

[cassie]

Bob, I just went back and installed 2.0.7. I did run repair_settings.php (I've never done this before) but I didn't see any issues. All settings looked correct.

I'm out of ideas...

[margarett]

Everything session-related.

[cassie]

Weeeeelllllll....I'll check with host and see if they can see anything that may be causing the problem. I certainly don't know.

[Bob Perry of Web Presence Consulting]

Weeeeelllllll....I'll check with host and see if they can see anything that may be causing the problem. I certainly don't know.

Since there are no mods, wait before i say this, when you went back up to 2.0.7, how did you do it, did you use the package manager or did you use upgrade.php file, & did you copy source files over top of the 2.0.6 files? if you did NOT copy any files, it won't hurt a thing to get a fresh copy of the entire set of 2.0.7 files copied over top of what you have, EXCEPT omit copying Settings.php in the root directory

[cassie]

Bob, I just wiped out the directory files and uploaded the new 2.0.7 files and ran the installer again. I dropped all tables in the database so started clean.

I've got a ticket in with my host to see if they see any issues related to sessions.

[Bob Perry of Web Presence Consulting]

Can you post me a link to your site?

[Bob Perry of Web Presence Consulting]

Bob, I just wiped out the directory files and uploaded the new 2.0.7 files and ran the installer again. I dropped all tables in the database so started clean.

Since you wiped out the database, hmm, when you ran the install.php program, it didn't give you errors or messages of indicating any problems??

I'd still like to look for myself, a link please? Did you install in the root of your domain, or a subfolder?

[cassie]

Bob, I just started over. There were no errors from the install program because I just performed a clean install.

Thanks everyone for your replies.

The issue was an issue with the Varnish cache on the server. It is specifically configured for WordPress and thus causes issues with other software that requires a login. Host has adjusted things on this domain so all working as it should now. Just wanted to follow this up in case others have similar issue. I always check here first and exhaust other possible causes before I check with host, just to make sure.

Thank you again!

[margarett]

Thank you for letting us know.

[Dewed]

Pretty sure all you needed to do was delete the relevant cookie from your browser so a valid one could of been recreated

[Arantor]

Pretty sure all you needed to do was delete the relevant cookie from your browser so a valid one could of been recreated

Or not based on the post up from yours where it was specifically an issue with other software running on the hosting account.

[Kindred]

yet another case where wordpress (or some wordpress configuration) screws up a forum