FTP details changed

4 posts by 2 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder
Last Post: August 26, 2009   (RSS)

By reubs - August 24, 2009

Hi, I have a site that I have built for a client and they have recently just changed their FTP details with their hosting company (without telling me, helpful!) and I now can't get onto the CMS admin. Do I need to access the site and change the FTP details within the admin section? If so, how do I do this?

All they have changed is the username and password.

Re: [reubs] FTP details changed

By Dave - August 25, 2009

Hi reubs,

The username and password for FTP and the CMS are completely unrelated. So changing the FTP details shouldn't affect your ability to login to the CMS. Unless they changed the CMS login details as well or they changed the MySQL databases (which stores the accounts that are allowed to login to the CMS).

The first step would be to get FTP access. Then you can upload the script I attached (show_user_accounts.php) to the cmsAdmin folder and it will show you all the user accounts and passwords.

If you get a "IP not allowed error" just add your IP address to the list in the code. You can replace "127.0.0.1" with your IP.

Hope that helps!
Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com
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Re: [Dave] FTP details changed

By reubs - August 26, 2009

Hi Dave,

I have tried that but when I try to upload the file it says Permission denied (Error - 160). I have checked the MySQL details and they haven't been changed. The message I get when trying to run the cmsAdmin/admin.php?menu=admin for the website is

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, [no address given] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Apache/2.2.3 (Debian) Server at www.carbon-gold.com Port 80