It is runing for the first time and is looking good ! the "check" utility did a great job. Now to my problem: 1. Can't change passwords ..2..Can't do anything at Adimin. I see a small screen flash by only to land back to the main screen.
Please help. hey!, sorry if the answer to this is somewhere, I tried to find it unsuccesfully, sorry, please see if you can help, it is appreciated.
Thank you,
Toco

Found it! found the answer in this very Forum. Extensive and detailed. Sorry again. Will see if I can manage.

I worked ! I got in there but, still could not change the password from default settings ...

This does not apply, I had another PHP program running before...

That doesn't mean anything, as that other PHP script may have been written such that it works with register_globals being off.

Please check your register_globals setting instead of assuming things.

bye, Dirk

Now, it appears that since I managed to login to "admin" with the generic password, I can´t log out. Also, when I start the browser, pointed at http://domain/index.php, I am sent to " http://domain/index.php?msg=8 " which is the admin page.
I am awaiting repply from server owner about php.ini settings. Meanwhile, is there any other file within the program that might be worth looking at for corruption/repair?
Thank you
Toco

That's wrong then. All the admin pages should be in the "admin" directory. The index.php in the root of your domain is the one that displays Geeklog's standard front page, while the index.php in the admin directory is simply a redirect to admin/moderation.php.

Sounds like you mixed the files from the admin and public_html directories. I'd suggest you upload them again.


http://yourdomain/admin/install/info.php should give you an overview of PHP's settings, one of which is register_globals.

To me, it sounds like you tried so many things that your install is now pretty much messed up. You may want to start over from the beginning ...

bye, Dirk

Thank you for your reply Dirk. It might be so. I wil re-load everything. I will still try and keep away from having both HTTPDOCS and PUBLIC_HTNL . should I do the changes while I have the files on my pc? or should I not do any changes at all?
Toco

Info.ph has only 1kb, no info. You should know that the first tar folder had 1kb on the config.php file. I will download another tar file folder.

That's correct. It's a tiny PHP script (a one-liner, actually) which, when executed, will display all the information about the PHP settings on your webserver.

bye, Dirk

Thank you on the *.php question. One final request: I am now past the success screen, into the home screen and when tryed to log in to admin I got the "line 90 on the config.php file error" thsi tells me that the ADMIN pointer is wrong and I have which is the right path, perhaps I should go URL like please anyone help me on this..

Yes, 'site_admin_url' should be a URL, not a path (obviously, all variables ending in "_path" should be paths and variables ending in "_url" should be URLs).

The default setting for that variable isand in most cases, it should work just fine if you leave it at that.

bye, Dirk

even tho my path is when I use your defaul, I get: Can any one tell me how to do this URL as per above true path, properly please. (sorry, basic question, I know)

When you get a parse error it means that there is a syntax error somewhere (in your case: in the config.php). It has nothing to do with whether your paths are wrong or right.

Line 90 in the original config.php is the one just after the $_CONF['site_admin_url'], so chances are you forgot a single quote or a semicolon there.


Okay, let's try it another way: When you drop a simple HTML file, say "hello.html", into your httpdocs directory, then you can call it up by entering "http://yourdomain/hello.html" in your browser, right? If so, then you should have Geeklog's index.php, lib-common.php, etc., as well as the admin directory inside your httpdocs. Then http://yourdomain/admin/moderation.php would be the correct URL to the Admin's moderation page. Which means that the default setting for $_CONF['site_admin_url'], which I already quoted above, would be the correct choice for your site.

Also, I just realised you seem to have the config.php inside the httpdocs directory. It shouldn't be there, as that means it's accessible from a URL - and you really don't want that.

config.php, the system directory, and everything else that was not in Geeklog's public_html should be outside of your httpdocs directory, i.e. in /home/httpd/vhosts/domain.com

Or, to put it another way: Imagine that "public_html" was really named "httpdocs". So everything that's inside "public_html" should go inside your httpdocs directory (keeping all the folders), and what's outside of public_html should also be outside of httpdocs on your server.

Hope that helps (and yes, I know: "By making something absolutely clear, somebody will be confused" ...).

bye, Dirk

Dirk: thank you for the security advise. My question is this: By me mreging the public_html files into httpdocs , do I create any broken connections inside the program?. I just could not find the proper string to point to the ADMIN URL in the config.php file, and that is extrange. Your defaul did not work also string on the config.php file. As I preapare to upload the files again, I can't help but wonder why you made a separate directory for the public files and not just a separate directory for the private ones, is it because most people would have public_html instead of httpdocs?. All I want, is to avoid redundancy by having two public directories...Don't try to level down with me, I am new and I respect you for what you know about this great program. Should I not get it to work like this, I am going to try again using your default tree, with public_html included.

OK now I am up and running but up until the login problem. First I get the proper start up page ander http://doamin.com including the info about the default password... then I log into Admin using it ... I get in, but when I tray to change anything I can't. So I looked at info.php and shows a path to php.ini I don't have access to. Until I get the reply by the server owner, I guess I am done. Unless I am missing something inside the admin screen, how do you change the password? Or would it have to do with settings somewhere?

You can change your password from the "Account Information" page, as linked from the "User Functions" block.

And did you check the settings for register_globals on the info.php output? It's somewhere in that long list.

bye, Dirk

Dirk
I must say that the process has been painful, but nontheless very useful as a learning curve, I am now sure I will install Geeklog on my other domain as well. I got the server people to change the settings, not without momblings, here is what he said by ICQ Since I am sure this is in people's minds by now, I thougt I give to the chance to respond

Dirk
1. Settings have been changed on php.ini to "on"
2. On hhttp://domain.com I get the proper initial screen. I log into Admin account fine but, if I click on account information, I get to stay in the same screen.
Please tell me how to trouble dhoot this one.

Dirk
1. Settings have been changed on php.ini to "on"
2. On hhttp://domain.com I get the proper initial screen. I log into Admin account fine but, if I click on account information, I get to stay in the same screen.
Please tell me how to trouble dhoot this one.