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#16920 Password-protection 404

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Latest post by treat2day on Wednesday, 31 July 2013 13:52 CDT

treat2day
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: 2.5.13
PHP version: 5.3.13
MySQL version: 5.1.56-log
Host: Dreamhost
Admin Tools version: 2.5.6

Description of my issue:

I am able to successfully add protected password for administrator login on some domains and not others.

The problem domains gives a 404 error. The only documention I could find did not mention this error for a solution.

I tried removing the Administrator secret URL parameter and it continues to take me to the 404 error.

I added exceptions for templates in the .htaccess

This is address in the 404 page /administrator/index.php?option=com_admintools

When removing the .htaccess and password file using ftp and refresh the above address works again. And a message reveals "Password protection successfully applied"

Any suggestion how I can get the remaining domains on the same server to work?

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
I would like some clarifications to understand this:

- Are you referring to the secret URL parameter or the administrator password protection?

- The only 404 error you get is when visiting Admin Tools' back-end page? No other page is affected?

- Can you give me a screenshot of the error, showing the URL bar as well?

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

treat2day
I am referring to administrator password protection setup page, add user/passwords and click protect and it directs me to the template 404 error.

I could view the entire frontend but no longer can I go back to the administrator login without removing the .htaccess and password.

I do not get a 404 error using the secret URL parameter or any other functions in Admin Tools.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
This error message doesn't make sense because it's what you (should) get in the front-end, not the back-end of the site. Unfortunately, I don't think I can help with it.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·Greek: native πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§English: excellent πŸ‡«πŸ‡·French: basic β€’ πŸ• My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

treat2day
I deleted the .htaccess file and it worked without a problem.

I start turning off on item at a time and found the problem - Set default expiration time to 1 hour = NO

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