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#12667 forgot admin protects password, deleted files and now have issues

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Latest post by nicholas on Friday, 15 June 2012 01:18 CDT

Thursday, 14 June 2012 18:03 CDT

user61040
Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? yes
Joomla! version: 1.5.26
PHP version: (unknown)
MySQL version: (unknown)
Host: elite host
Admin Tools version: (unknown)

Description of my issue:

I forgot my username and password for the admin protect feature. So i deleted the .htaccess and .htpasswd in the administrator folder. now when ever i type the /administrator link infront of the domain, it simply reverts back to the websites domain, and no administrator login area pops up....

Friday, 15 June 2012 01:18 CDT

nicholas
You have also set up an administrator secret URL parameter which you also seem to have forgotten. The workaround is easy and detailed here: https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/troubleshooter/atwafissues.html

After following the instructions in the first few paragraphs, please go to Components, Admin Tools, Web Application Firewall, Configure WAF and look up your secret URL parameter.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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