Title: Another Login Redirect Problem Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Another Login Redirect Problem * Resolved [chattan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chattan/) * (@chattan) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/) * My two single-user sites work ok with 4.0. but my multisite just gives me: [http://www.soutarwriters.co.uk/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soutarwriters.co.uk%2Fwp-admin%2F&reauth=1](http://www.soutarwriters.co.uk/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soutarwriters.co.uk%2Fwp-admin%2F&reauth=1) when I login with either of my ids. * I’m not that technical, but I checked the forums and tried several suggestions including: deleting .htaccess renaming plugins folder (I don’t use any security plugins) clearing Chrome browsing history, cache, cookies adding ‘define cookiepath’ stuff in wp-config.php re-installing 4.0 components – but nothing gave any different results. * I’m thinking of reverting to 3.9.2 as I’m wasting too many hours on this. Anybody help? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 27 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/page/2/?output_format=md) * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/#post-5465435) * When you go here – [http://www.soutarwriters.co.uk/wp-login.php](http://www.soutarwriters.co.uk/wp-login.php)– the WP logo doesn’t show. * That’s a big sign 🙂 * [http://www.soutarwriters.co.uk/wp-admin/images/wordpress-logo.svg](http://www.soutarwriters.co.uk/wp-admin/images/wordpress-logo.svg) * That shouldn’t look like text. it should render like this: * [http://ipstenu.org/wp-admin/images/wordpress-logo.svg](http://ipstenu.org/wp-admin/images/wordpress-logo.svg) * What’s in your .htaccess? * And what kind of server are you on? * Thread Starter [chattan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chattan/) * (@chattan) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/#post-5465444) * Thanks for replying Mika * My .htaccess file reads: * ``` RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] # uploaded files RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L] # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^ - [L] RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $2 [L] RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L] RewriteRule . index.php [L] ``` * (I’ve deleted a lot of empty lines; I don’t think this file has changed in a long time.) * phpinfo.php is on the site. It tells me, inter alia: System: Linux vhost9-1 2.6.18-398.el5PAE #1 SMP Tue Sep 16 21:31:44 EDT 2014 i686 Apache Version: Apache/ 2.2.3 (CentOS) PHP Version: 5.3.10 * What’s the significance of the WP logo not showing? Hope this info allows you to see deeper into things… * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/#post-5465445) * What version of Multisite did you START with? That is, did you install multisite on WP 3.5 or earlier? * Thread Starter [chattan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chattan/) * (@chattan) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/#post-5465447) * On my hard drive backup, I can see I was using 3.0.4 in Jan 2011. The earliest blog file I can find with FTP on the site is Aug 2010, so my starting version of multisite probably pre-dates 3.0.4. * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/#post-5465448) * Ouch. Okay well that’s okay then, though you may need to reach out to your host and ask why SVG images aren’t processing. I think that’s going to reveal the root issue here. * Thread Starter [chattan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chattan/) * (@chattan) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/#post-5465449) * Ok, will do. I’ll post again when I get an answer from them. * Thread Starter [chattan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chattan/) * (@chattan) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/#post-5465575) * I tried various ploys with my host, mainly re-installing from fresh images of 4.0, but no joy. They have no specialist WP expertise, but volunteered to migrate my site to a newer server build, a job which ran last night. The new configuration is: * System: Linux vhost14-b.iomart.com 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Sep 9 21:36:05 UTC 2014 x86_64 Apache Version: Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS) PHP Version: 5.4.35 * The good news is that the svg image for the WP logo is now rendering correctly, but my login redirect problems continue – both of my userids result in the: [http://www.soutarwriters.co.uk/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soutarwriters.co.uk%2Fwp-admin%2F&reauth=1](http://www.soutarwriters.co.uk/wp-login.php?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soutarwriters.co.uk%2Fwp-admin%2F&reauth=1) appearing in the browser url box. * Any further thoughts? * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/#post-5465580) * Good news 🙂 * If you try to log in with a BAD username/password, it gives the right error. * Soooo. The last time I saw that, someone didn’t have any user roles for their account on that site. Can you check in the DB for that? * Thread Starter [chattan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chattan/) * (@chattan) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/#post-5465581) * I don’t know how to do that without logging in – is there a utility program I can use? What am I looking for and how do I go about making changes so I can then login? * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/#post-5465583) * This is all in the database, so you need a DB GUI/editor. PHPMyAdmin is common. * Normally you have the prefix wp_ and the table `wp_options`. In that table you have a option named `wp_user_roles` and everything works. * Multisite makes this trickier because each site has a `wp_x_options` table (where X is the site ID). So you’ll need to find the right one for THAT site and then look for `wp_x_user_roles` in that table. * Of course, since this is happening on the main site, you should be in `wp_options` * (if your prefix is NOT `wp_` but something like `wp_31hdf1g_` then look for ` wp_31hdf1g_options` and `wp_31hdf1g_user_roles` * Thread Starter [chattan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chattan/) * (@chattan) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/#post-5465584) * Ok, I found PHPMyAdmin via my control panel, then located wp-options and wp-user- roles. The latter contains: * a:5:{s:13:”administrator”;a:2:{s:4:”name”;s:13:”Administrator”;s:12:”capabilities”; a:73: {s:13:”switch_themes”;b:1;s:11:”edit_themes”;b:1;s:16:”activate_plugins”; b:1;s:12:”edit_plugins”;b:1;s:10:”edit_users”;b:1;s:10:”edit_files”;b:1;s:14:” manage_options”;b:1;s:17:”moderate_comments”;b:1;s:17:”manage_categories”;b:1; s:12:”manage_links”;b:1;s:12:”upload_files”;b:1;s:6:”import”;b:1;s:15:”unfiltered_html”; b:1;s:10:”edit_posts”;b:1;s:17:”edit_others_posts”;b:1;s:20:”edit_published_posts”; b:1;s:13:”publish_posts”;b:1;s:10:”edit_pages”;b:1;s:4:”read”;b:1;s:8:”level_10″; b:1;s:7:”level_9″;b:1;s:7:”level_8″;b:1;s:7:”level_7″;b:1;s:7:”level_6″;b:1;s: 7:”level_5″;b:1;s:7:”level_4″;b:1;s:7:”level_3″;b:1;s:7:”level_2″;b:1;s:7:”level_1″; b:1;s:7:”level_0″;b:1;s:17:”edit_others_pages”;b:1;s:20:”edit_published_pages”; b:1;s:13:”publish_pages”;b:1;s:12:”delete_pages”;b:1;s:19:”delete_others_pages”; b:1;s:22:”delete_published_pages”;b:1;s:12:”delete_posts”;b:1;s:19:”delete_others_posts”; b:1;s:22:”delete_published_posts”;b:1;s:20:”delete_private_posts”;b:1;s:18:”edit_private_posts”; b:1;s:18:”read_private_posts”;b:1;s:20:”delete_private_pages”;b:1;s:18:”edit_private_pages”; b:1;s:18:”read_private_pages”;b:1;s:12:”delete_users”;b:1;s:12:”create_users”; b:1;s:17:”unfiltered_upload”;b:1;s:14:”edit_dashboard”;b:1;s:14:”update_plugins”; b:1;s:14:”delete_plugins”;b:1;s:15:”install_plugins”;b:1;s:13:”update_themes”; b:1;s:14:”install_themes”;b:1;s:11:”update_core”;b:1;s:10:”list_users”;b:1;s: 12:”remove_users”;b:1;s:9:”add_users”;b:1;s:13:”promote_users”;b:1;s:18:”edit_theme_options”; b:1;s:13:”delete_themes”;b:1;s:6:”export”;b:1;s:24:”NextGEN Gallery overview”; b:1;s:19:”NextGEN Use TinyMCE”;b:1;s:21:”NextGEN Upload images”;b:1;s:22:”NextGEN Manage gallery”;b:1;s:19:”NextGEN Manage tags”;b:1;s:29:”NextGEN Manage others gallery”;b:1;s:18:”NextGEN Edit album”;b:1;s:20:”NextGEN Change style”;b:1;s: 22:”NextGEN Change options”;b:1;s:24:”NextGEN Attach Interface”;b:1;s:15:”wpseo_bulk_edit”; b:1;}}s:6:”editor”;a:2:{s:4:”name”;s:6:”Editor”;s:12:”capabilities”;a:35:{s:17:” moderate_comments”;b:1;s:17:”manage_categories”;b:1;s:12:”manage_links”;b:1;s: 12:”upload_files”;b:1;s:15:”unfiltered_html”;b:1;s:10:”edit_posts”;b:1;s:17:” edit_others_posts”;b:1;s:20:”edit_published_posts”;b:1;s:13:”publish_posts”;b: 1;s:10:”edit_pages”;b:1;s:4:”read”;b:1;s:7:”level_7″;b:1;s:7:”level_6″;b:1;s: 7:”level_5″;b:1;s:7:”level_4″;b:1;s:7:”level_3″;b:1;s:7:”level_2″;b:1;s:7:”level_1″; b:1;s:7:”level_0″;b:1;s:17:”edit_others_pages”;b:1;s:20:”edit_published_pages”; b:1;s:13:”publish_pages”;b:1;s:12:”delete_pages”;b:1;s:19:”delete_others_pages”; b:1;s:22:”delete_published_pages”;b:1;s:12:”delete_posts”;b:1;s:19:”delete_others_posts”; b:1;s:22:”delete_published_posts”;b:1;s:20:”delete_private_posts”;b:1;s:18:”edit_private_posts”; b:1;s:18:”read_private_posts”;b:1;s:20:”delete_private_pages”;b:1;s:18:”edit_private_pages”; b:1;s:18:”read_private_pages”;b:1;s:15:”wpseo_bulk_edit”;b:1;}}s:6:”author”;a: 2:{s:4:”name”;s:6:”Author”;s:12:”capabilities”;a:11: {s:12:”upload_files”;b:1; s:10:”edit_posts”;b:1;s:20:”edit_published_posts”;b:1;s:13:”publish_posts”;b: 1;s:4:”read”;b:1;s:7:”level_2″;b: * When I look at wp-users, id 1 is admin; there is no id 2; id 3 is iain (my alternate administrator id); there is no id 4; id 5 is heather (the other user with admin rights). Can you suggest what changes to make? * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/#post-5465585) * Ouch. * So … you DO have custom user roles. That may be corrupted. Do you have a site without NextGen? If so, can you try copying over those values instead of what you have? * Thread Starter [chattan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chattan/) * (@chattan) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/#post-5465587) * My other WordPress sites are single user, so the userids won’t correspond to this multisite. Can I do something simple here like insert syntax for userids 1, 3 and 5 to have administrator privileges and delete the rest? * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/#post-5465590) * Ahhh no no no. * The values for wp_user_roles, within the wp_options table, has _NOTHING_ to do with your user IDs 🙂 * That is, they don’t matter that admin is #4 on one site and #1 on another. The wp_user_roles is literally a definition of what each role means, NOT who they are applied to. * Thread Starter [chattan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chattan/) * (@chattan) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/#post-5465591) * Ok, I checked my two single-user sites. Neither has wp_user_roles defined. Is there some surgery that can be performed on the multisite data defined above? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 27 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Another Login Redirect Problem’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [login](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/login/) * [redirect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/redirect/) * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) * 27 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-login-redirect-problem/page/2/#post-5465618) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics