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#10216 Administrator secret URL parameter not working on Joomla! 1.7

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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:34 CST

Sunday, 08 January 2012 15:31 CST

Joel

Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the forum before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Joomla! version: 1.7.3
PHP version: 5.2.17
MySQL version: 5.0.92
Host: (optional, but it helps us help you)
Admin Tools version: 2.1.14

Description of my issue:
Administrator secret URL parameter not working on Joomla! 1.7.
I configured this parameter but I still able to access admin login webpage without the secret word!
This feature is working fine on Joomla 1.5.
Regards,
Joël

Sunday, 08 January 2012 16:48 CST

nicholas

Your IP is in the Administrator IP Whitelist or you in the "Do not block these IPs" field in WAF Configuration. As per the documentation, this causes ALL security checks (including the administrator secret key) to be IGNORED for this IP address. Please read the documentation.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Tuesday, 10 January 2012 00:49 CST

Joel

Sorry Nicolas.
Problem solves.
Regards,
Joël

Tuesday, 10 January 2012 03:34 CST