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feras · #1 01-27-2009, 11:38 PM

Just ran across a strange issue...
I have a live forums at /forums/ (this is v 3.6.7)
Now, I installed a completely new installation inside /forums/new/ folder.

But for some reason, the image verification doesn't show up on the new forum, but works perfectly fine on the old one.
Anyone have any idea?
And yes I have GD installed (bundled (2.0.34 compatible) ), that is why it shows up on the first one

Thanks

Dismounted · #2 01-28-2009, 05:24 AM

The most likely cause for a blank image is that you're GD doesn't have freetype2 support and you were using the "simple fonts" option previously. Support for "simple fonts" was dropped from 3.7.0 as it is unreliable for stopping bots.

feras · #3 01-28-2009, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dismounted

The most likely cause for a blank image is that you're GD doesn't have freetype2 support and you were using the "simple fonts" option previously. Support for "simple fonts" was dropped from 3.7.0 as it is unreliable for stopping bots.

nope, that isn't the issue. The one that's working has GD freetype 2 enabled, and additionally my server has it configured as well.

Any other ideas?
Thanks

Marco van Herwaarden · #4 01-29-2009, 07:43 AM

Please post a screenshot of you Image Settings (AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> Image Settings).

feras · #5 01-29-2009, 08:50 PM

hah, see that's where things get dicey.

Its just a fresh install, and I had set a random admin password which I had typed up in a notepad file I was going to save. I left my computer on overnight and by luck, had a random power outage. So I dont have an admin password.
I would use tools.php to set another account as admin, but can't register nor do forgot password, since both require image verification

So, needless to say, I can't particularly go into the admin panel to show you that. I was going to change the md5 hashed value in the db, but that didn't work. I assume vbulletin is using some salt along with the password in the hash... so I may have to look more into how vbulletin stores passwords.

Dismounted · #6 01-30-2009, 04:09 AM

PHP Code:


			
md5(md5($password) . $salt)

The salt field is in the user's row in the user table.

feras · #7 02-02-2009, 02:14 AM

ah, I never noticed the salt field lol, that's why it wasnt working when I changed it directly.

Also, just for reference, I just ended up doing a reinstall of the forum and verification shows up fine now, not sure what happened.

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