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#39983 Can not log on to admin after restore

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Environment Information

PHP version
8.2.25
CMS Type
Joomla!
CMS Version
4.4.0
Backup Tool Version
9.8.3
Kickstart version
8.03

Latest post by nicholas on Thursday, 14 December 2023 15:09 CST

Clay

Hi,

I can restore my site, but when i try and log on to the admin logon, I get the same logon screen. No errors.

I normally never have any issues restoring to an earlier date. I am using kickstart and the database restores with no problem, even the final setup seems to work, has no errors.

I have tried all the suggested fixes. All the passwords and email addresses are correct.

 

I have attached a screen shot of my config.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Clay

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager

This sound like a bad redirection which is easy to address.

Delete the .htaccess file from your site's root, and your administrator directory. Copy the htaccess.txt file shipped with Joomla (it's in your site's root) to .htaccess in your site's root. Please note that both of these actions can be taken when restoring your site, Site Setup page, top right box in the main content area.

Edit your configuration.php file. If your $live_site is not empty, change it to be empty:

public $live_site = '';

Please note that this can also be done when restoring your site, Site Setup page, it's the Live Site parameter. If you click on the button to show the help you'll see it tells you that on most servers it should remain empty.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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