Cache problems

[Lautaro]

Hi, well, i'm helping a friend with his forum and he told me some time ago he moved his forum to a new host and after that when he was trying to login to the admin cp he was redirected back to the login page. I know this is a cache configuration problem, but i would like to know if using the tools.php file to reset the cache will fix the problem or if its not very recomended to do that.

Thanks.

[snakes1100]

The login issue is a cookie/domain issue, not related to a cache issue.

Use tools.php and reset the cookie domain & path back to default regardless of what its set as now.

[Lautaro]

Ok i've done that but I till having the same problem..

[snakes1100]

what did you set the cookie domain & path to?

also:
globally disable the installed hacks via the config.php file and try again.

i would also assume you deleted your cookies from your browser after reseting them with tools.php?

[Lautaro]

what did you set the cookie domain & path to?

also:
globally disable the installed hacks via the config.php file and try again.

i would also assume you deleted your cookies from your browser after reseting them with tools.php?

the tools.php file only lets me reset it...
I added this to the config file

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

and tried again to reset the cookie domain & path but didnt worked.

[snakes1100]

It should of shown the values it was set to after reseting it, i would assume / & blank.

Did you reset the datastore with tools.php, as there is no other cache activated by default w/vbulletin by default, unless he set one up in config.php, but ive never seen a cache lock someone out before.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

What is the URL to the forum of your friend?

[ssslippy]

Make sure u are not being redirected between www and non-www. Each has their own cookie.