Comments on: Fixing Magento Login Problem after a Fresh Installation

By: vipin

vipin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:40:37 +0000

Hi,
I want to say thanks, because here my many problems are solved without efforts.

Thanks so much for your help.

vipin

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:35:41 +0000

Hi, Tim
Are you 100% sure you have the right URL? If so, then it’s quite strange to be getting a 404. Are you getting a Magento 404 or a default Apache 404? perhaps send me a screenshot?

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:43:29 +0000

I am having issues logging in to my Admin panel – I uploaded Magento to my Media Temple server and was able to create an admin account the first time.

Upon returning to domain.com/magento/index.php/admin I receive a 404 error. Any suggestions on how I can access my Admin account? Also, should I be configuring locally rather online through my mt server? (I am admittedly new to e-commerce/carts)

Thanks so much for your help.

Tim

By: Uneeb

Uneeb — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:31:33 +0000

oo! and yes! dont forget to replace localhost with 127.0.0.1 or whatever in your case in the address bar while installing :p

By: Uneeb

Uneeb — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:26:31 +0000

hey,
this is for people using ‘localhost’. Instead of using ‘localhost’ use 127.0.0.1 or what ever in your case during the magento installation and while accessing it everywhere and dont forget to tick mark the ‘[somthing]rewrite option of the three options during the installation… This worked for me…

hope it helps..

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:50:49 +0000

I am having the same problem as Jaso! I can login to the admin just fine, and I stay logged in. I cannot log in as a customer at all. If I enter the correct credentials I go nowhere, if I enter incorrect credentials I am given error messages, which is what you describe at the beginning. I’m confused about the localhost. I am on dreamhost and they run everything from your domain, so on install I changed “localhost” to be my domain name.

By: Jaso

Jaso — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:59:50 +0000

Hi there,

I am using this simple procedure under Windows7:
1. install XAMPP and enable “iconv”

2. edit the file “hosts” to this: 127.0.0.1 localhost.com

3. copy the magento files to the directory: C:\xampp\htdcs\magento\

4. start the Apache and MySQL

5. Go to the address: http://localhost.com/magento

6. Follow the installation wizard.

7. Now You will be able login to the administration.

ENJOY!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:06:33 +0000

Try installing firebug (a must have firefox extension) then looking at the Date headers in the ‘Net’ tab. Otherwise, I’m not sure what’s best. Maybe you could write a php script to echo the date?

By: fero

fero — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:21:05 +0000

No error messages at login, which may mean USER and PASSWORD are correct.
How do I check the timezone my magento installation is using? I do not have access as amin.
Thanks

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 08 May 2010 23:06:52 +0000

Hi, You mean you can login to the Magento admin, but if you try to log in as a customer it won’t let you? Very strange, have you tripple checked your login details? Have you tested with purposefully wrong credentials to make sure you get a different error?