Drupal 7 new install can't login (correctly entering user admin and password)... what do I do now?

By gome on 8 May 2011 at 18:55 UTC

Installed Drupal 7 using Fantastico Deluxe. No errors during install.
Admin user name and password entered correctly, but get error "Sorry, unrecognized username or password. Have you forgotten your password?"

When I edit the MySql drpl user database the following data is contained in the pass field for the Admin user name:
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Pass field contains:
PHP: Error parsing /usr/local/lib/php.ini on line 790

password: (correct password displayed) hash: (hash info displayed)
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Is this a bug with drupal (or just my install)? What can I do to fix my Admin login and get started using Drupal?

Comments

>"What can I do to fix my

bitradiator commented 9 May 2011 at 03:08

>"What can I do to fix my Admin login and get started using Drupal?"

Short answer; Don't use Fantastico. http://drupal.org/forum/fantastico-de-luxe

You will be much better off in the long run using Drush or even just command line tools for Drupal installation and migration tasks.

Any Updates?

coin-de commented 4 August 2011 at 01:59

Any updates on this problem from the original poster?

I am having the exact same login issue (entering the correct username and password but getting incorrect password/error message). Basically every time I want to log back in, I have to reset the password which can be very annoying.

Any solutions are appreciated...

DRUPAL 7 cannot login

chrismoyer commented 9 August 2011 at 14:50

I was working error free on a Windows XP machine. Tried to move my site to a Windows 7 machine, 64 BIT and logins were not working.

RESOLUTION: There was a file missing. It can be found at http://computersciencetechie.blogspot.com/2011/02/download-windows-7-64-... Installed and the site is working just as it did on XP.

I am having the same problem

ihls_webdev commented 5 August 2011 at 19:26

on my local install.

This is intended to be a test site, so I can test stuff before putting it on my live site, but I can't log in.

I've tried logging in with the admin and other logins that appear in the database table, but get nothing.

To exacerbate the problem, email from the site isn't working, so I can't just get a password reminder.

If anyone has an idea how to access the site so I can get to work on testing, I'd appreciate it.

Drupal 7 cannot login

chrismoyer commented 9 August 2011 at 14:52

I was working error free on a Windows XP machine. Tried to move my site to a Windows 7 machine, 64 BIT and logins were not working.

RESOLUTION: There was a file missing. It can be found at http://computersciencetechie.blogspot.com/2011/02/download-windows-7-64-... Installed and the site is working just as it did on XP.

**I posted twice so you would be notified.

Solution to login problem new instal of drupal 7 with Fantastico

Bunnyhomes commented 18 February 2012 at 08:43

First I noticed that login problems appear only when I install in an addon domain name, but not when I install in the domain I got from my hosting provider. I am not a developer, but I assume somehow the file responsible for the admin login is going in the wrong root folder.

The one time I got it installed in the main domain (which was not intended), I went far enough to see a recommendation to upgrade to Drupal 7.12 Then I had to reinstall in the right addon domain. I tried about seven times, failing each time. Reading through this thread, someone suggested there was a missing file (which I could not find because his link did not work).

Finally I figured out the new upgrade should fix the missing file that prevented my login. And IT WORKED!