[solved] Problem with admin page after upgrade to 9.3

mixy · Heavy poster Offline Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 173

Hi,
I just found out about the 9.3 and decided to upgrade, it was pretty quick and easy but going to my admin menu at site-address/admin.php i get an error message

Code::

Fatal error: Call to a member function read() on a non-object in /home/xxxxxxxx/public_html/includes/classes/cpg_adminmenu.php on line 258

Please help.
Thanks

InspectorClueNo · Heavy poster Offline Joined: Mar 26, 2008 Posts: 211

Folder permission issues, accelerators, other caching system, zend 2 .... try to delete the folder admin/links and re-upload it again

mixy · Heavy poster Offline Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 173

I did that and no change.
I went ahead to Chmod these directories to 700

- cache
- includes
- modules/coppermine/albums
- modules/coppermine/albums/userpics
- uploads/avatars
- uploads/forums

And this to 622
- cpg_error.log

Now i can only get into my admin panel and not the site.
I this error message when i go to my site without the admin.php extentension

Code::

Fatal error: Call to undefined function forumspro_check_installation() in /home/xxxxxxxxxxx/public_html/blocks/block-ForumsPro-scroll-Last_10_Posts.php on line 48

Any ideas please. I would appreciate more help.

NanoCaiordo

You are missing ForumsPro files, you can simply disable the block till you sort this out.

NanoCaiordo

I've noticed your chmod 700 and I presume you know exactly what you doing.

(s)ftp clients' defaults are normally set to 755, double check that your client settings match with your server setup.

mixy · Heavy poster Offline Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 173

Can you please explain what you mean by server setup and client settings?
Thanks

mixy · Heavy poster Offline Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 173

Which CHMOD 700 are you talking about.
Please explain.

NanoCaiordo

If you are uploading files with a ftp client then:

1. Create an empty .php file on your local computer and insert the following code:

PHP:

<?php
$uname = get_current_user();
$powner = posix_geteuid();
$powner = posix_getpwuid($powner);
$powner = $powner['name'];

$fowner = fileowner(__FILE__);
$fowner = posix_getpwuid($fowner);
$fowner = $fowner['name'];
echo
"<pre>
UName: $uname
POwner: $powner
FOwner: $fowner
</pre>";

2. save the file and upload inside your public_html
3. visit the file using your browser and reply quoting the results

mixy · Heavy poster Offline Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 173

UName: same
POwner: same
FOwner: same

NanoCaiordo

Thanks, thats a start.

Was the file you uploaded created with 655, 644 or 600?
ClueNo was close, but the issue is in modules folder.

In your case a 666 on files and 777 on folders can get the server to refuse opening a file.

Other servers with similar setups will also refuse to open 644s and 755s

So you need to basically try 644s and 755s first, 600s and 700s if still not luck.

mixy · Heavy poster Offline Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 173

I simply created and uploaded to the server. In my server i checked the permissions and it was in 644.

What folder, directories or files do i need to CHMOD?
Thanks.

NanoCaiordo

I would need to know whats the state of your website now, does it work and if so which pages.

mixy · Heavy poster Offline Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 173

My website is still not working.When you visit the link, all you get is a white blank page. But i can log into the admin panel via admin.php.
Thats the current situation.

NanoCaiordo

I see no links to click, -removed-

From what I can understand you use tools which you have no idea what they do, are, works and so on, stop doing that.

You did chmod folders, and maybe descendent's files and folders using with a very strict value, 700, without any knowledge at all. I'm not even sure what else you may have done.

I'll make support easy for you helping you step by step, but you need to do things ONLY when you know the consequences of your actions. Otherwise ask before you try.

-removed-

First of all everything you changed to 700, needs to go back to its original value. Do that and come back.

mixy · Heavy poster Offline Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 173

Thank you for your help, i will adhere to your advice henceforth.
I CHMOD the following, and those are the only ones i touched. Please i would appreciate if you bring my attention to something i am overlooking and thanks for your patience and offer to help.

- cache
- includes
- modules/coppermine/albums
- modules/coppermine/albums/userpics
- uploads/avatars
- uploads/forums

And this to 622
- cpg_error.log

As the instructions said after installation. Or maybe i misunderstood the instructions. Can i ask a question?
If an instruction says CHMOD the following directory to 755

- modules/coppermine/albums/userpics

Am i supposed to chmod the modules, coppermine, albums and userpics folders to 755 or just the userpics folder?

The folders/directories i listed above are all 755 except for the cpg_error.log which is 622.
Please do not hesitate to bring my attention to anything am leaving out.
If i changed any of the folders to a wrong permission settings pls let me know what to revert back.