Can't log in to gallery through forum

[reach100]

I completed the intergration between phpbb and coppermine. When I go to coppermine and click login it takes me to the forum (phpbb) then when I log in as administrator I am taken back to coppermine where the administrator login is not reflected.

Any ideas, thanks...
RV

[Joachim Müller]

there are various threads on this board that deal with this particular issue. Please take a look at them, at least you can read up what information we require to help you.

Joachim

[LMalnati]

Can you provide me with some search help.  I have spent an hour searching doing a search on a combination of login, admin, and phpbb withiout any luck.  I have the exact same problem as the initial thread.

[Joachim Müller]

you have surely read that we ask all users who look for help on bridging and login issues to post a link and test user account (non-admin). 

Joachim

[LMalnati]

I can not provide that information.  Can someone at least give me a hint or link on where I can find some information regarding the 1st thread.  It is my understaniding from the second thread that there is other threads regarding this issue, but I have been unable to find them.

Thanks in advance.

[kegobeer]

This is usually a cookie name problem.  Review the documentation, section 5,  and make sure your cookie information is correct.  Also make sure you followed the steps exactly as described.

You can search for phpbb cookie bridge.  That should help narrow things down.

[LMalnati]

Coppermine is on my own PC (localhost)  via Apache so that makes sense I need to review the cookie issue.   I do a search based on your suggestion. 

Thanks kegobeer. I know you guys volunteer your own time for this site and it is appreciated.

[LMalnati]

I fixed it by changing the cookie domain in my phpbb to blank.  Any idea why that it aloows it to work if you are using a local server ?

[kegobeer]

If you don't own a domain and have it pointing at your machine, you don't have a domain.  You might be able to use "localhost" for the domain, but it's not necessary as it's running correctly.

[Tranz]

If you are doing this on your own computer, you can invent your own domain name. Preferably, you would use a non-existent tld (aka, .com, .net) to prevent conflicts with actual domains.

For example, I use http://gallery.tt to refer to my gallery. So instead of using .com, use your initials (as long as it doesn't correspond to an existing tld).

Check out instructions on how to find and edit the hosts file here .
place lines such as the following:

Code Select Expand

127.0.0.1       gallery.tt

127.0.0.1 is the IP address that computers use to refer to themselves, aka localhost. The name of the domain, when entered in the addressbar, will be directed to the computer itself, where the files are.

[LMalnati]

Thanks that makes a lot of sense.  I'll see if I can create my own domain.

[Joachim Müller]

for testing purposes, you usually use .local or .test as top level domains for local install, so in above example, you'd set up gallery.local - to make sure not to clash with existing top level domains. Having .tt as tld is not a good example, as it is the country tld for Trinidad and Tobago - refer to http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm

Joachim

[Tranz]

Oops. I probably won't be visiting those sites, and if I can't access them... I'll know now. Thanks