Login problem with hyphen in username
I have an agent that has a hyphenated last name and we can't login with that id. Is there any reason why a hyphenated name would be a problem? I checked in the db and the name is in there correctly, so it would have to be the login script interpretting it incorrectly.
Updated... I just created the userid "bob test-name" with a password of "test", and it can get in but generates all kind of strange errors. All my other userids work fine except the one with the hyphen that can't log in at all.
Last edited by convergent; 02-01-2005 at 04:21 PM.
O.K. like what?Originally Posted by convergent
I can only speak for myself, but I don't think there are any mind-readers posting here..
Maybe check the link in my signature line first.
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Cute...
The errors were being generated because the user wasn't active, and for some reason that causes strange errors when logging in to admin...
You do not have the required privledges to access this area!
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare getmicrotime() (previously declared in /home/ew/public_html/template/blue1/admin_top.html:5) in /home/ew/public_html/template/blue1/admin_top.html on line 3
The original problem with the hyphen wasn't a hyphen problem, but rather an extra space between the first and last names.
Please make future versions either have a login id, or use the email address. The name thing is very inconvenient when you get in to initials, hyphens, etc. Thanks for the help.
The errors are due to a type in the logincheck functions in main.php. There are a few places where it includes the admin_top twice or the user_top twice instead of the admin_top and admin_bottom and user_top and user_bottom. Example:
if ($isAgent != "yes")
{
// make sure the person is an agent
include("$config[template_path]/admin_top.html");
echo "<p>$lang[priv_failure]</p>";
die('<!-- login failed -->');
include("$config[template_path]/admin_top.html");
}
should be
if ($isAgent != "yes")
{
// make sure the person is an agent
include("$config[template_path]/admin_top.html");
echo "<p>$lang[priv_failure]</p>";
die('<!-- login failed -->');
include("$config[template_path]/admin_bottom.html");
}
Can't give exact line numbers because my login functions have been modified to check by email and there are additional lines in my code. The functions should be the first 2 functions in main.php.
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