combination "admin/admin" don't work as login...

[mrene]

Hi! I've installed Cacti 0.8.6c on a Windows Server 2003 Standard. But the combination username/password "admin/admin" don't work. Well, maybe it works because I don't have any error messages. I just have the login page and nothing else. I did a research on the forum and many people have the same problem but I didn't find any solution. I downloaded and installed phpMyAdmin to edit the user_auth table like some of you said, but I don't really how to edit it...

Can someone help me with this? Thanks!

[mrene]

Anybody?

[mrlong]

Were you able to successfully import the cacti.sql file to create the database. The MySQL rights do not control access to the Cacti web interface - the database contains the users and rights. The only thing that MySQL user controls is the access of the PHP scripts to the backend database.

Try to reimport the cacti.sql

[rony]

If that doesn't work, there are a few posts on changing passwords.

Search is your friend.

[mrene]

Well, I tried many times to delete the cacti database, to reimporte it, etc. I did all the things that could be done with the password thing. There's nothing I can do... I searched for all the posts on the subject. I tried to change the password for the admin in the user_auth table with phpMyAdmin. It just doesn't work... :/ *sigh*

After login, when I look it the user_log table, I see entries so the authentication works fine. It just doesn't redirect...

By the way, I'm working with PHP 4.3.10 and MySQL 4.1.9.

[rony]

What version of cacti?

What version of apache?

Do you have sessions enabled for php? If no, you need them to make cacti work. Also, do you have cookies enabled in your browser?

[mrene]

Cacti: 0.8.6c

I'm not using Apache but IIS: 6.0

I enabled cookies in PHP and I'm my browser too.

Can you tell me exactly what I have to do to enable cookies in PHP, just to make sure that I followed all the steps correctly? Thanks.

I forgot to say: We were running cacti 0.8.5a on Windows 2000. We upgraded it to 0.8.6c along with our version of PHP and MySQL (PHP: 4.3.10, MySQL: 4.1.9). And Cacti is still working fine on our 2000 server.

We did exactly the same thing on our 2003 server, except the fact that it was a new installation and not an upgrade.

[rony]

It's got to be something with IIS/PHP caching... How are you running PHP? CGI or DLL mode?

[mrene]

DLL mode (ISAPI).

[rony]

Strangeness in IIS land.... To be honest, last version of IIS I extensively worked with was 4. So, that tells you how long it has been. I'm pretty much a unix person at this point, but I try to help with Windows questions. Former MCSE, let it expire... But I have enough general computing knowledge to run circles around most people..

At this point, I would have to guess that there is some sorts of session or caching issue with IIS 6 on XP/2003, but I'm not sure. I would point you to the PHP site and ask you to search for other people with simular issues. Maybe there is a quick and common fix? I don't know.

Please let us all know what you find.

[mrene]

*AHEM* It starts working all well all alone... There's nothing to understand... lol Thanks anyway for your help.

[rony]

???

It just started working?

Reload the database?

What actions did you take?

[mrene]

Well, I was getting a problem with de php_ldap.dll that was not loading. I just removed that line from the php.ini file. I don't know if this is the solution however... It just started to work right after... Anyway everything is working fine now.

I have another problem to solve with Cacti on our win2k server... :/

[rony]

One word....

Strange!

And that doesn't make me happy....

[mrene]

Okay, it was a problem with save session path in php.ini. I uncomment this line and create a /tmp foler. Cacti was unable to create a session.