Accessing admin area

[SharonG]

Hi,

I have just installed Prestashop for the first time - it looks great!

Problem is, I can't get into the admin bit! I have followed the install instructions and deleted the install directory and changed the name of my admin folder as I was told to do.

When I am asked for my email address and password, I get 'employee does not exist, or bad password'. I can't remember what password I entered - I don't remember being asked for one! When I check the database directly (via phpadmin), the password is encrypted. The password reminder won't work, because I'm hosting locally until I've played around a bit with things.

Can anyone help?

Thanks!

Sharon

[jayd]

Guys,

I'm having the same problem? Any ideas? There's no errors coming out even when the error messages have been turned on in config/config.inc.php. I posted a while back but there were no answers.

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Cheers,

James

[SharonG]

Jayd,

I found a sort of resolution to this.

Here's what I did: open the file /admin/login.php

At line 53, there is a line that says: $employee = $employee->getByemail($email, $passwd);

Remove the $passwd from the end of that line (and the comma).

Then you can log in with no password, and change your password.

DON'T FORGET TO CHANGE THAT LINE BACK THOUGH!!! - otherwise you have a massive security hole!

Hope this helps! I'm sure it's not the best way, but it got it working for me!

[jayd]

Ah,

I've not forgotten my password. Problem is, I can't get past the admin login! It just keep redirecting back to the admin page. No errors, nothing!

Anyone???

Jayd