Admin problem on 2.1.2

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9/23/2006 9:36:51 PM
Arthur Hanson
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Admin problem on 2.1.2

I did a clean install of the new 2.1.2 source-code, compiled and the main page comes up fine, I then login as admin but there is no link to the admin pages.  If I directly go to one of the admin pages (by typing it into the browser) I get an edit-access denied page.  Checking the mpUserRoles table it looks fine, but it just seems like it is not thinking the logged-in user is an admin.

Any ideas?
9/24/2006 3:55:10 AM
Joe Audette
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Re: Admin problem on 2.1.2

Hi Arthur,

I just tried to replicate the problem but it works fine for me.
I downloaded the src zip and extracted it.
created a db and ran the create tables and create procs scripts
opened the solution in VS 2005 and set my connection string
hit the play button for the debugger, it opened the home page, I logged in as admin@admin.com pwd admin and then the Admin menu appeared at the bottom of the menu

You didn't mention which db you are using so I'm assuming MS SQL. You say you were able to login right? You can see the member list and My Profile links?
I'm pretty baffled, it works for me it should work for you.

Joe
9/27/2006 6:39:43 AM
sili
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Re: Admin problem on 2.1.2

I have the same problem when I have a clean install the 2.1.3.  I can't go to the admin area after login in... all I see on the navigation menu on the left is "Home'.  On top navigation, I see "Logged in as: Silvia Home | My Profile | Member List | Log Out".  I can edit the content of the first page you see after logged in.  But can't access any other pages or get to anywhere to edit other pages.
9/27/2006 6:49:12 AM
Joe Audette
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Re: Admin problem on 2.1.2

Hi Sili,

Are you using the source code release? What database are you using? If MS SQL, is it SQL 2000 or SQL 2005?

Ok so it seems to know that you are in the admins role since you can edit the home page.
Can you look in the db mp_Pages and see if the Admin pages were created? If so can you see if the IncludeInMenu fiiled is set to 1 or true?

Maybe something went wrong with initial data creation. Please let me kno what you find.

Joe
9/27/2006 8:58:00 AM
sili
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Re: Admin problem on 2.1.2

I'm using the Compiled Deployment Files and MS SQL 2005.  In mp_Pages, I only see one row created, with pageName "Home", and IncludeInMenu set to true.

So, I guess Admin page was never created.
9/27/2006 9:06:19 AM
Joe Audette
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Re: Admin problem on 2.1.2

That is strange. I downloaded the MS SQL release files and tested and it works fine for me.
Can you try dropping all the stored procedures and tables and re-create them. Then force application to restart by typing a space in web.config. This should invoke the mojoSetup to create the initial data.
Did you make the Data folder writable by the asp.net worker process? If not maybe it got an error after creating the first page content when it tried to write a cache dependency file or index file. This would have prevented it from creating the rest of the data. The Data folder and all child folders/files must be writable.

Hope it helps,

Joe
9/28/2006 6:14:21 AM
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Re: Admin problem on 2.1.2

I've tried to recreate the table and call procedures and add a space to the web.config file.  and it still gives me the same result.  When the first time I open the page, it gives me a error. I think that's what you refer to as the writing of the cache dependency file or the index file.  However, when I check my permissions, it seems alright.  Here's what I have:

-ASP.NET Machine Account: allowed modify, read & execute, list folder contents, read, write.
-aspnet_wp account: allowed modify, read & execute, list folder contents, read, write.
-Internet Guest Account: allowed modify, read & execute, list folder contents, read, write.

I don't see why it still has the permission issue.
9/28/2006 6:22:38 AM
Joe Audette
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Re: Admin problem on 2.1.2

Is this on XP or Windows 2003 Server? If on Windows Server 2003 then it would need to be the NetworkService account and the IIS_WPG user that need permission.

Of course this is if you have default settings in machine.config. It is possible to have a different user specified in machine.config and in that case the specified user is the one that needs permission.

If the Data folder is writable then you should see a Data/currentlog.config file which would have any error messages logged. If this file doesn't exist then its definitely not able to write. If this file does exist then maybe the permissions didn't propagate down to the sub folders like Data/Sites/1 where it needs to create cache dependency files, or the Data/Sites/1/index folder where it would write the search index.

Hope it helps,

Joe
9/28/2006 6:39:17 AM
sili
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Re: Admin problem on 2.1.2

You are right on!  It was the IIS_WPG user that I need to set permission to.  Once  I got it setup, it just runs smoothly!  Thank you very much!
9/28/2006 6:55:19 AM
Joe Audette
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Re: Admin problem on 2.1.2

Excellent! Glad its working for you. I actually updated the documentation here last night with this information:

http://www.mojoportal.com/iiswebsetup.aspx


Joe
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