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#16721 AdminTools Admin PAssword Protection

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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 09 July 2013 06:52 CDT

Tuesday, 09 July 2013 06:04 CDT

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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: (2,5.11)
PHP version: (5.3)
MySQL version: (unknown)
Admin Tools version: (Latest upgraded today 2.5.6)

Description of my issue:

I have followed instruction for resetting admintol protection password - I found no .htacess or .htpasswd in root of administrator directory, so remade these - blank files. The admin for admintools is still asking me for a password - and won't accept the one I know it to be - HELP!?
Thanks

Tuesday, 09 July 2013 06:52 CDT

nicholas
.htaccess and .htpasswd are "dot files", i.e. files whose name starts with a dot. These files are, by default, hidden in Linux and other UNIX-based operating systems. You have to tell your FTP programme to display hidden files. If you are unsure or cannot do that, please ask your host to remove those two files from the administrator directory.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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