"You don't have permission to access this page"

[Peeker]

Seems to be pretty much my theme for the day. ok heres the problem,

Fresh install: everything seemed to go fine, had a small problem with the mysql database but got that taken care of. Now the gallery comes up fine, allows me to log in fine, show's me the Admin page OK but whenever I click on ANYTHING on the damm page what I get is....

You don't have permission to access this page :-\

Just in case anyone wants to check out the problem: www.peekersgallery.com

Any ideas where will be appreciated...!!!

[Nibbler]

Check all the normal cookie stuff, browser settings, security software, firewall, norton etc

[Peeker]

"Check all the normal cookie stuff, browser settings, security software, firewall, norton etc"

Could you possible be a little bit more specific on this.....

1. I am getting the "Your Browser does not support Script cookies" error but can not find any settings in IE6 that would change that.

What Browser settings would you recommend that I change?
Yes I have Zone Alarm installed as well as a Hardware Firewall in the Router that I use to access the Net
No I don't currently have norton installed.....

[Nibbler]

Cookies are working for me on your site, so it must be something on your pc that is not allowing them to work. I can't tell you the exact settings since I don't use IE, try a different browser and try disabling zone alarm.

[Peeker]

Cookies are working for me on your site, so it must be something on your pc that is not allowing them to work. I can't tell you the exact settings since I don't use IE, try a different browser and try disabling zone alarm.

Solved the Problem, just in case anyone else gets this problem on a windows machince with IE it was Zone alarm, tho it will be quiet a pain in the Ass to have to turn off my firewall everytime I need to edit the board....

[Nibbler]

Thankyou for returning and posting the solution.

[Tranz]

Did you have to disable the firewall? Maybe there was a setting you needed to change so you don't have to completely disable the firewall.

Then again I don't use ZA due to silliness like this.

[Peeker]

I don't really know if it was necessary to disable ZA completly or not. Lucky for me I have two of them (Firewalls) anyway so turning one off wont be the real disaster that it initally seems to be. (Using DSL Wireless router for inet access which has its own Hardware firewall with NAT) but I am going to investigate and will post the results here.

;)Also turns out that it solved another problem that I had been having lately as well concerning graphics downloading properly on my own website.... :-\

[Stramm]

usually firewalls nowadays have additional functionality. Norton was the first one to drive me crazy. By default it blocked all cookie and referer info. Meaning my hotlink protection didn't work anymore.
Most name that something like 'privacy settings/ options'. The firewall also doesn't need to block cookies

[Joachim Müller]

Those "privacy"-apps like ZA and Norton Internet Security have the word "firewall" in their name for marketing reasons only imo. Nothing beats a "real" firewall (in hardware). Pseudo-security apps like NIS just give users a false feeling of security and lure them into believing that they can't be harmed at all by attacks from the internet: the opposite is true. Malware coders have adopted to those pseudo-secure settings: they use protocols and ports that are open by compromising the os or browser instead. My recommendation: get rid of ZoneAlarm or any other "personal firewall", as their blocking-policy for innocent things like cookies is paranoid, while other attack targets are wide-open. Make sure that your hardware firewall is working as expected. Block all unneeded ports on it. Review your browser settings (especially IE). Update your OS frequently. Don't visit potential malware sites (usually porn/file-sharing/mp3-related sites).
Coppermine is not the only cookie-driven web app - in fact, most sites heavily depend on cookies being accepted. Being picky about accepting cookie is paranoid and will cause a lot of extra troubles.