General Support: invalid login on fresh install

I just installed Plogger to my server (first time user) and am getting an 'invalid login' message when I try to login on the admin page.

I went back and rechecked my database and admin usernames and passwords. The user name and password in 'plog_config.php' is identical to the ones I set for my database.

Where do I find the admin username and password? I mean in which .php file can I reset those, or is there something else going on possibly?

Thanks.

Kanjigirl,

Derek is right, the password is not stored plaintext in the database, it is an MD5 hash of your password.

Using PHPMyAdmin it is really wasy to get an md5 hash of your password by using the function "MD5" on your plaintext password before inserting it.

More info here: http://plogger.org/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=110

Hey there, all. I'm having a similar problem to kanjigirl but am not having any luck with the solution. Here's my problem:

I had forgotten the admin password for my plogger login. I searched the forum here for a suitable workaround and came across the solution using phpMyAdmin. Now, while I don't have phpMyAdmin installed, I was able to find several MD5 encryption tools online. I reentered the encrypted password using a SQL command line, but to no avail. I assumed there must be something wrong with the encryptor I was using and opted for a fresh install.

So, I deleted all the files and dropped all the tables and ran the install script from a different directory. Everything seemed to install fine, the tables were created, but I STILL was getting an "Invalid Login" error.

So I went through the same process, just to make sure I wasn't going insane... Indeed, no matter how many times I do a fresh install (that always involves dropping all the tables) i still get an invalid login. Any idea what the problem might be?

Many thanks in advance for any help. Cheers!

I've found a solution :
edited plog-globals.php and replaced all the $_REQUEST by $_POST

it's probably because to a slight change in my server's php config,don't know which parameter exactly...
anyway maybe that little hack can help :)

I remember having a similar problem before too. It had to do with a separate cookie on my site using the generic "username" and "password" global names that was messing with the login ($_COOKIE and $_POST and $_GET globals are all checked with the $_REQUEST global).

To fix it, I edited the 'admin/index.php' and 'admin/plog-admin.php' files as follows:

admin/index.php
Find:
<td><label for="username"><strong>Username:</strong></label></td>
<td><input type="text" name="username" id="username" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label for="password"><strong>Password:</strong></label></td>
<td><input type="password" name="password" id="password" /></td>


Replace with:
<td><label for="plog-username"><strong>Username:</strong></label></td>
<td><input type="text" name="plog-username" id="plog-username" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label for="plog-password"><strong>Password:</strong></label></td>
<td><input type="password" name="plog-password" id="plog-password" /></td>


admin/plog-admin.php
Find:
if (($_REQUEST["username"] == $config["admin_username"]) && (md5($_REQUEST["password"]) == $config["admin_password"])){


Replace with:
if (($_REQUEST["plog-username"] == $config["admin_username"]) && (md5($_REQUEST["plog-password"]) == $config["admin_password"])){


Changing the form inputs to unique names worked for me!

i did it as well but without any improvement!
is there another solution, yet?