Cannot access control panel after install
Posted: 03 November 2004 02:04 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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After installing EE, I get the successfully installed page and I can access
my site and add comments but I cannot access my control panel.

Whenever I try to go to the system folder (which I’ve renamed)
I get this error:
The system does not appear to be installed. Click here to install it.

I had deleted the install.php file as instructed.

Please advise.

Thanks

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Posted: 03 November 2004 08:38 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Open up your path.php file in your main EE directory and see if it has content in it.  My initial thought is that you didn’t correctly set the permission on this file and thus EE could not populate it correctly during the install.

All you have to have in the file is something like this:

<?php

  $system_path
= "../renamedsystem/";

?>

You’ll need to ensure that the relative path is correct and you use your renamed “system” directory.


If this is indeed your problem, then you should also check to make sure that your system/config.php file got populated as well as checking on all the other permissions that the installation instructions had you set.

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Posted: 03 November 2004 12:52 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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I have looked at the path.php file. It appears to be set correctly.
I installed EE in my site root directory. A quick glance at the system/config.php
seems populated correctly.

Here are the contents of my path.php file.

<?php

// DO NOT ALTER THIS FILE UNLESS YOU HAVE A REASON TO

// Path to the directory containing your backend files

$system_path = “./renamedsystem/”;

$template_group = “”;
$template = “”;
$site_url = “”;
$site_index = “”;
$site_404 = “”;

?>

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Posted: 03 November 2004 01:11 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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Do you get the above message simply when you browse to the Control Panel directory, or do you get it after trying to log in?

Try editing your config.php file and setting the debugging value to “2”.  Then try accessing the Control Panel again and see if there are any errors/messages output.

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Posted: 03 November 2004 01:28 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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I get that error when I try to go directly to the system folder.

When I log in through my site I get access to my account information pages only
not the control panel.

the config.php file is already set to debug value 2.

Should I simply try to reinstall?
If so what are the procedures for making a clean delete?

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Posted: 03 November 2004 01:33 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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I can try taking a look before you go the “reinstall” route, if you like.  Privately email me (click my name to the left) the following information:

1. FTP login information for your site/account
2. EE Control Panel location and login information
3. URL of this thread for reference

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