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I just switched the DNS for a domain so it’s pointing at the new host with EE.  I now can’t login to the CP.  When I type in my login info it just re-directs me back to the CP login screen again.  I didn’t have this issue before I changed the DNS.  Thanks!

What version and build of EE are you using? Are you sure it’s all properly propagated yet? Just when did you make the switch?

I’m using EE 1.6.9 Build:  20100430.  I’m pretty sure it’s propagated.  When I go to the domain name url with the system folder it takes me to the EE CP login page.  I made the switch this morning.

jtree,

First please clear your browser cookies and cache. Then add the following to /system/config.php:

$conf['admin_session_type'] = "s";

Does that allow you in?

Yeah, that got me into the CP.  So what is the next step?

Check your cookie domain. If it’s already set, you can try making it blank and seeing if that works. Otherwise, set it to “.yournewdomain.com” with the leading dot. Then you can remove that line you added to config.php to test.

Ok, it was originally blank.  I added in the domain with a leading dot.  When I remove the “admin session type” code from the config.php file I’m unable to login again.

There seems to be an issue with your cookies. When you add this to your config.php

$conf['cookie_domain'] = ".example.com";
$conf['cookie_path'] = "";
$conf['cookie_prefix'] = "";
$conf['admin_session_type'] = "c";
$conf['user_session_type'] = "c";
$conf['require_ip_for_login'] = "n";
$conf['require_ip_for_posting'] = "n"; 
$conf['secure_forms'] = "n";

are you able to login?

Nope, doesn’t let me login in.

jtree,

Just to confirm before we continue troubleshooting this. Did you switch out.example.com with your own site’s domain in Ingmar’s example?

Yes, I verified I had my actual domain is in the cookie settings.  I had to change the config.php file back to have the following code to allow me to login though:

$conf['admin_session_type'] = "s";

What happens if you shift to “cs” instead of “s”?

If I make that change it doesn’t let me login to the CP.

err… Can someone point me to the docs on this?  (admin_session_type)  Haven’t seen it before.  Thanks.

Practically all the old config.php values despite having been moved to the db continue to work as overrides.