Re: daunting problem with Drupal

  • From: "E.J. Zufelt" <lists@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:26:25 -0500

I guess it really depends on what the nature of the problem is.  It would be 
possible to manually reset the admin user's password from SQL if that is the 
problem.

If I had the URL for the site I could take a peak.


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On 2011-01-31, at 7:21 AM, Homme, James wrote:

> Hi Prateek,
> It sounds like the user you are logging in as needs access to stuff it 
> doesn't have. I know there's a procedure you can use to reset the default 
> user so that you can get in and have control back. I saw it on drupal.org. I 
> even used it once, but I don't have the steps here right now. It involved 
> sending some SQL to your database. Do you know what that is, Everett?
> 
> Jim
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of prateek aggarwal
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 6:35 AM
> To: programmingblind
> Subject: daunting problem with drupal
> 
> Hi list,
> Today i've  been trying my hands on drupal, and though things were
> working fine initially, but later  i got trapped in a strange problem.
> 
> For performing certain things that i wanted, i installed and enabled
> "views" contributed module. It has got configured well, but
> This is exactly when the problems have started occurring.
> 
> I logged out, and when opened the site home page again,
> It was all different and confusing.
> I could not find the edit boxes for login, and no primary menu was there.
> I opened the users page  from mywebsite.com/?q=user
> And logged in, but i just could not see any of the options like dash
> board, appearance, administration etc. There was just a log out link,
> a "view"  link which takes you to home page and "edit" link to edit
> your account password.
> i'm stunned, where have  those options gone?
> Does someone have an idea about it?
> I seemed to have lost something, and it looks like a daunting thing.
> Please, help me, i'm already struggling to learn drupal, and now this
> view module, given me a real gentle blow!
> 
> Hoping to get some remedy.
> Regards,
> Prateek agarwal.
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