Step 7 authentication error

**Martin** · Fri 13 Jun '03, 1:47pm

When you say you changed it, I assume you meant after restoring your 2.3.0 backup?

Do you have another admin name that has never been changed from the default admin group that you can test with?

**auto** · Fri 13 Jun '03, 1:52pm

No, I have not yet restored the vB 2 db as I still have hope that it hasn't been 'damaged.' I have just realized that there IS another username that has admin powers that was originally in group 6. I just tried loggin in as that username but nothing happens. It does not accept it.

**Martin** · Fri 13 Jun '03, 1:55pm

I would restore the vB2 database and try again from the beginning using the other admin username.

Also, since this is a Beta product, you might want to consider setting up a second copy of your vB2 database to test it on before going live.

**LiMiT-X** · Sat 14 Jun '03, 12:38am

same problem here. i really hope there is a way to fix this because i asked the installer to backup the database and i cant find the backup anywhere on the server!
oh yeah and i wasnt an admin eaither i just had admin cp access. that must be the problem i think, even though you edited it in the database..

**Ogmuk** · Sat 14 Jun '03, 2:39am

I'm experiencing the same problem after running the beta upgrade on our development/test forums (going from 2.3.0 to 3.0.0b3). Only one user and it still fails. I think it's a cookie problem since you have to repeat the login screen after each step.

Step 7) Upgrade Users

Upgrading users, Page 1 of 2
Found 1 users for this batch...

Updating private message totals for user administrator
Inserting user details into usertextfield table

There seems to have been a slight problem with the database.
Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.

An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

I did load database_conflicts.php before running the upgrade. It did not report any problem. It's an unmodified test board with one administrator user and one forum with one post.

**StephenStrong** · Sat 14 Jun '03, 8:45am

After I hit "Next" on Step 3 it goes back to Step 1

**Steve Machol** · Sat 14 Jun '03, 8:46am

We need to see the entire error message. Right-click on the error page and go to View/Source. Then copy-n-paste the error message here.

**Ogmuk** · Sat 14 Jun '03, 8:56am

Originally posted by Steve Machol

We need to see the entire error message. Right-click on the error page and go to View/Source. Then copy-n-paste the error message here.

Okay. I can't just start at step 1 again but perhaps you get some useful information from just me manually starting step 7 (I removed the IP, email address and altered the URL at referer and script):

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type" />
<title>vBulletin 3 Upgrade System Step 7) Upgrade Users</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../cpstyles/vBulletin_3_Default/controlpanel.css" />
<style type="text/css">
#all p, #all td, #all li, #all div {
font-size: 11px;
font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" class="navbody" style="border

utset 2px">
<tr>
<td width="160"><img src="../cpstyles/vBulletin_3_Default/cp_logo.gif" alt="" title="vBulletin 3 ©2003 Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd." /></td>
<td style="padding-left:100px">
<a href="upgrade.php"><b>vBulletin 3 Upgrade System</b><br />
(Please be patient as some parts may take some time)</a><br />
<br />
<b style="font-size:10pt;">Step 7) Upgrade Users</b> (Step 7 of 42)</td>
</tr>
</table>
<div id="all">
<p style="font-size:10pt;"><b><u>Step 7) Upgrade Users</u></b></p>
<p>Upgrading users, Page 1 of 2<br />
Found 1 users for this batch...</p>
<ul><li>Updating private message totals for user <i>administrator</i></li>


<li>Inserting user details into <i>usertextfield</i> table</li>


<html><head><title> Database Error</title><style type="text/css"></style></head>
<body></table></td></tr></table></form>
<blockquote><p class="error"> </p><p class="error"><b>There seems to have been a slight problem with the database.</b><br />
Please try again by pressing the <a href="javascript:window.location=window.location;">refresh</a> button in your browser.</p><p class="error">An E-Mail has been dispatched to our <a href="">Technical Staff</a>, who you can also contact if the problem persists.</p><p class="error">We apologise for any inconvenience.</p></blockquote>



</body></html>

**LiMiT-X** · Sat 14 Jun '03, 5:46pm

This is definately a bug, luckily i was able to log in as an administrator (i was in a custom usergroup with cp access) and finished the install (and it didnt automaticly go to the step i was up to, i had to type it in the address bar. Now that vb3 is set up, i still cant log in my account at all....
oh yeah i am reffering to the original post when i say this is definately a bug...

**RayMatrix** · Tue 17 Jun '03, 6:34am

I got also stucked on Step 7

All Time step 7 seems to be done it jumps back to ./install/upgrade1.php and shows me the login.

I'm the only Admin for this board and changed the AdminID to '17' long time ago.

I'm running PHP 4.2.3 and MySQL 3.23.37.

Its just a testboard in the moment, but how can i solf this prob to bring it up for my users with all there datas and postings ?

Any help is welcome !

Regards

**RayMatrix** · Wed 18 Jun '03, 2:22am

Call me Crazy. . .

. . .but i solved the Problem for me and it seems to work well here.

I'm the only Admin at my Board and long time ago i added a new usergroup called 'ADMIN'. The system gaves this group the number '17' as 'usergroupid'.

So here comes what i have done.

I used a Programm called 'Textpad' (cause i like to edit Code with it). i opend 'upgrade1.php' from the 'install' folder and changed all points in the code where i find the digit '6' in combine with 'usergroupid' to my number '17'.

Save it, reupload 'upgrade1.php', run upgrade....DONE

All upgradesteps are now done very well on my testboard.
And Board seems to be running normal too.
No loginproblems...nothing

Maybe some functions in the board wont work right now, so i have look in all other files for the usergroupdigit as well. But this is a point i had to change in the old board too.

I hope this is a hint for all of you out there !?

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