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  • jalien

    (@jalien)


    13 years ago

    I am getting the “You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page” message.

    Here’s what happened. I didn’t get a notification about my name address renewal and needed to change it to another one (was using dyndns). So exported the database to an sql file, changed all instances of old url to new url using sed, then imported the changed database back over the old one, changed the apache config to point to the new name.

    I login and then view the site (requires login to view), but when I try to access the wp-admin I get the “do not have sufficient permissions” message.

    I did not change the table prefix, and can’t think of anything else that might have changed that would prevent me logging in. I have looked at the usermeta and users tables, but, as far as I can tell, they look fine.

    Any hints of something stupid that I may have overlooked in the move? Thanks.

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    13 years ago

    try:

    -deactivating ALL plugins temporarily to narrow down and possibly fix the problem. If the problem goes away, activate them individually (one-by-one) to find the culprit.

    If you don’t have access to your admin area, try deactivating them manually via FTP or phpMyAdmin.

    -switching to the default theme (“twentyten”) for a moment by renaming your current theme’s folder in wp-content/themes. The idea is to force WordPress to fall back to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific issue.

    If you don’t have access to your admin area, then access your server via FTP or SFTP or whatever file management application your host provides.

    – resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems (because the hooks remain unless plugins completely removed).

    Thread Starter jalien

    (@jalien)

    13 years ago

    Removed the plugins folder and created a blank folder and moved the twentyten theme to replace my current theme, but same error. It seems to think that the admin user is a regular user since it redirects me to profile.php, which only subscribers should be redirected to. When I look at the database it seems that I am level 10. What are all the specific places that I should look for the admin user’s settings?

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