[Solved]: Newly added users / group have vanished.

[_Mr_T_]

CPG1.4.14/MySQL5.1.11/PHP5.2.5 on clean Win2003. Install went fine.

Created 16 users yesterday and a variety of groups. Gave permissions to users in respective groups.  All users / groups have been visible until today when they have vanished. I.e. only the default users / groups are present. Two users had logged in OK.

Why I try to login with the existing users that I created, it says Welcome <USER> but then the login link is still active as if I am not logged in.
If I try to create the same user again, it says that the user still exists.
When I check in MySQL, I can see the user accounts and they look fine.

I am not running with any plugins but the failure may have come about when I went to the bridging wizard to see what was there or when uploading a zip file.  I have not set up any bridges.  Debuging enabled but no useful info in logs.

I don't really want to delete the users from the MySQL tablespace and would like to better understand this problem and the cause.

Has anyone got any clues?  Thanks for you help.

[Nibbler]

The bridging wizard probably reset your groups. Create them again in the same order and you should be fine.

[_Mr_T_]

For reference, I have also rebooted the system and the problem remains.
I have logged in from other PC's to clarify this is not a browser caching issue.

For the record, I looked at the groups table and noticed that my extra groups had been deleted.
As I recreated them, they began to come back.

Nibbler - you are the best.  Thanks so much for the prompt response.

[_Mr_T_]

For the benefit of other users, this has been externally verified and the problem is resolved.

Because I didn't get the order of Groups correct when recreating, I was able to use the MySQL Admin Tool to swap around the rows.

If this 'feature' can be replicated, could it be marked as a known issue for the benefit of others?

Thanks again.

[Nibbler]

You'd need to post exactly what you did and use the latest stable version of Coppermine (1.4.16) for a valid bug report. Group resync should only happen at the final step of bridging or during emergency recovery.