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#15964 Locked my backend, Cant disable WAF

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Latest post by karloco on Monday, 06 May 2013 17:04 CDT

karloco
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: (2.5.10)
PHP version: (unknown)
MySQL version: (unknown)
Host: (optional, but it helps us help you)
Admin Tools version: (unknown)

Description of my issue:
I have forgot my secret keyword to access to my login backend
i have read https://www.akeebabackup.com/documentation/troubleshooter/atwafissues.html

but when i go to plugins/system/admintools/admintools and rename main to main-disable.php i still cant access to my backend administrator.

In this moment, the file is named main-disable.php and i cant access, please give a try:
http://tango.com.mx/administrator

Thanks for your help

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
I believe you are referring ot the administrator password protection. As noted in our documentation this is implemented using a .htaccess and .htpasswd file inside the administrator directory. If you forget the username and / or password you can remove those two files from the administrator directory.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

karloco
I can access to the backend, renaming main.php to main-disable.php works now, i think the cache was joking me.

Thanks for your very complete FAQ and support.

Carlos.
JUG Mexico City

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