How to fix "Access Denied" for admins?
Yikes! A client's site suddenly turned up "Access Denied" for admins – up, down, and all around. Attempts to log in as almighty User ID 1 would simply spit the login screen right back again, or appear to "take" momentarily, yet return "Access Denied" for any following admin action. Some horrible flub-up with user permissions? Can't even check and troubleshoot when the site won't let the admin in! And playing with cache, cookies, and other browser fiddly bits wasn't doing the job. I expected major pain to result.
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A search of the Drupal site quickly turned up this gem:
http://drupal.org/node/6696#comment-198054
Just a little addition to my INDEX.PHP file. I tried it, and Huzzah! Back in logged-in action.
The cause of the problem? Perhaps this:
http://drupal.org/node/6696#comment-204960
Hmm, could it be that the ISP had updated PHP from 4 to 5? Yes, it seemed so! (Maybe now I'll start to pay attention to their newsletters.) So the thread addressed my woe, and I'm a happy Drupaller all over again. Now, this particular case had a Drupal 4.x site knocked out of action by a PHP upgrade, so it may not apply directly to many users' situations. But if you're getting "Access Denied" hate (on 4.x or 5.x), give the linked thread a peek. My thanks to everyone offering help on the topic, especially Drupal Gods kweisblatt and johnchalekson!
Re: How to fix "Access Denied" for admins?
Thank you! My ISP just upgraded their default PHP installation to 5 on 1-1-08. Thank you for sharing this.
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