Thanks Phil, I got it working by using the Install Tool to create a new admin user as you suggested.
Thanks a lot. Vanessa On 21 December 2010 08:25, Philipp Gampe <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:11:44 +0100, Vanessa Liston wrote: > > > The login to the backend keeps showing even though I am sure the log in > > is correct. > First try a different browser. If that does not work, please check your > session handling settings in php.ini. > > I had that problem once when I messed up my session handling which made > it forgot the session directly, thus showing the login page directly > again. > > > I am using version typo3_src-4.4.5 > > For user do I use admin and my own password. Or do I user the DB user > > and passwords as shown on the localconfig file? Whichever combination it > > still doesn't work. > The user and password in typo3conf/localconf.php is your Database user. > It has nothing to do with your backend. > > You can use the Install Tool to create a new admin user. > > BTW, you can check whether you are logged in successfully by adding an > email address at admin warning address (Install Tool-->All configuration) > and setting the warning level to every time an admin user logs in. > > Best regards > Phil > _______________________________________________ > TYPO3-english mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.typo3.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-english > _______________________________________________ TYPO3-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.typo3.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-english
