Renaming admin.php

Hi Greg

You should be able to access the URL like so:

www.yoursite.com/cmsAdmin/admin_0457e78cb8c1a18b3abd.php

You only need to include the new name of the admin file at the end of the URL and it should work fine.

Hi Claire,

Thanks for the reply.

Is the redirect from /cmsAdmin meant to stop working? Is that part of the security improvement? it would make sense if it is.

I was originally thinking that /cmsAdmin would redirect to the newly named admin_RANDOMCHARS.php but perhaps that would defeat the purpose of renaming the file...!

Thanks,

Greg

It would, yes :) I can check with Dave but I'm pretty sure it's a security feature. It forces the user to have the precise URL for that particular install before they're allowed access to the back end.

Hi Kenny, 

Try just connecting with FTP and renaming admin.php to something else.  Then entering that url in the browser, eg: /fay-cms/fay-admin-1234.php

Once you do that everything should just work and the CMS should automatically update the "Program Url" value in the admin settings.

Hope that helps!  Let me know any questions.

Haha,
I feel so so stupid haha,

good morning

k

Hello Dave,

After rename the admin.php file.

The mysql console plugin not work anymore.

Please advice.

Thanks

Hi Tom, 

Some servers have a module called "mod_security" which urls when they contain certain character sequences.  Last time we investigated we found that mod_security doesn't block some urls that start with admin.php.  

So the solution is either don't rename admin.php or ask your host to disable mod_security for the cms folder.  And if you get strange 403 errors at various points, that's probably mod_security as well, so ask your host to disable it if that happens.

Hope that helps!