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suddenly, I can’t access my EE control panel (EE vers 1.6 or so)

instead get error: “Disallowed system path”

I have not changed any EE system settings, files, or directories for months

any ideas?

my control panel login URL is:
http://www.mydomain.com/system_ee123/index.php

thanks!

PS: probably unrelated, but about a week ago, my web host upgraded the server, and my site went down (but not the control panel)... that was fixed by altering .htaccess file line to “SetHandler application/x-httpd-php5” (from x-httpd-php)... I think the control panel still worked after that change (???), but it does not now

PPS: below is contents of my path.php file, which is located in the root directory where it always has been:

<?php

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

// ------------------------------------------------------
// Path to the directory containing your backend files

$system_path = "./system_ee123/";

// ------------------------------------------------------
// MANUALLY CONFIGURABLE VARIABLES
// See user guide for more information
// ------------------------------------------------------

$template_group = "";
$template = "";
$site_url = "";
$site_index = "";
$site_404 = "";
$global_vars = array(); // This array must be associative

?>

ssouci,

Can you confirm your config file is still in place?

/system_ee123/config.php

John: thanks for the reply

I THINK IT’S FIXED!

my hosting company just responded with the info below, and all seems OK now… both control panel and website seem to work normally

BUT, I’m wondering, how the heck did that “ââ” get in there? I made no changes to EE or my server in the past few months???!!! will it happen again?

thx!

Hello,

The index.php file inside /home/myusername/public_html/system_ee123/ contained the following line of code that was causing the issue:

$system_path = ââ

Why the above line was present at all in index.php I can’t say, as it’s a variable that belongs in config.php where it is set properly. I commented out the aforementioned line in index.php and it began functioning normally once more. If you have any questions or issues regarding this matter please feel free to let us know.

Thank You!

Looks like a file got corrupted somehow; it happens. If it’s working as expected now I wouldn’t worry about it. Please post again as needed.