Ok, I have panicked. Since over one week now my b2evolution powered blog is inaccessible due to the message: "Either you have not enabled cookies or this login window has expired." >:-<

Do ANYONE have any ideas how to get pass this issue??? Otherwise I guess I have to drop the entire blog and start using Wordpress or whatever other tool I can get my hands on... I have been nice four years with b2evolution though...

Edit: Filling in some debug info:
login:
login: 'admin'
pass: not empty
User is trying to log in.
Hashed password available.
Empty salt_sess!
Session ID does not match.

session:
cookie_domain=.www.abc.com
cookie_path=/
Session ID received from cookie: 86650
Session ID/key combination is invalid!
ID (generated): 86658
Cookie sent.
Session data[core.pwd_salt] updated. Expire in: 86400s.
Session data saved!

Wat $baseurl do you have in conf/basic_config.php ?
Are you sure it is 'www.abc.com/' and not 'abc.com/' ?

sam2kb wrote:

Wat $baseurl do you have in conf/basic_config.php ?
Are you sure it is 'www.abc.com/' and not 'abc.com/' ?

Thanks for your reply.
basic_config.php is set as:

$baseurl = 'http://www.abc.com/';

I have also tried to change it to

$baseurl = 'http://abc.com/';

but without any visible changes.

What I meant is if you have

$baseurl = 'http://www.abc.com/';

you must login from

http://www.abc.com/htsrv/login.php (with www)

Are you on Windows hosting by any chance?
Are you using subdomain/multidomain installation?

I have tried the path both without www and without; http://www.abc.com/htsrv/login.php. The result is the same "Either you have not enabled cookies or this login window has expired."

When I click on "Login" on the first page the login is directed to:
http://www.foung.com/htsrv/login.php?redirect_to=%2Findex.php%3Fblog%3D2

I'm using one.com as host. I got no clue what they are using. I have another blog using b2evo via one.com that is still working without any problems (I think that we can out rule the upgrade to PHP5.3).

No subdomain/multiblog here...

If you think that you have a fair chance to support this I can PM you some credentials to the server.

Ok, I have the site up and running again.
I installed a new version of b2evo with new db-prefix. Now I at least have a site, I'll try to restore the old site into the new one tomorrow. So now I at least can tell "hello world"!
Still it disturbs me that this issue just suddenly appeared. It is definitely not a good thing if the blog software just decides to take a hike...

You can PM me FTP login and password, I'll see what I can do.

The problem solved.
Session timeout value was set too low, for this reason the login window was always expired.

Verified to be working now. I have no idea how this setting could be messed up, this issue just appeared one day. Regardless, all my creds to you, thanks for the help!
:)

sam2kb wrote:

The problem solved.
Session timeout value was set too low, for this reason the login window was always expired.

I too have the same problem. Ugraded to 3.3.3 and can no longer login. Can you kindly post the solution for myself and others to try? Thank you. :)

Try this http://forums.b2evolution.net//viewtopic.php?p=101473#101473

You may have different problem though.

That didn't work for me. :-(

Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance for your help.

Set $debug = 1; in conf/_advanced.php and try to log in. You'll see debug messages, post it here please.

@RonCrawford

Got your PM, but forgot to reply :)

Anyway, I think the problem is in double forward slash at the end of your $baseurl in conf/_basic_config.php There should be only one slash at the end.

sam2kb wrote:

@RonCrawford

Got your PM, but forgot to reply :)

Anyway, I think the problem is in double forward slash at the end of your $baseurl in conf/_basic_config.php There should be only one slash at the end.

YOU ARE MY HERO! THAT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1,000 bows before you sir. Thanks again! :D

No problem ;)

I've now started getting this problem. The hack file from the other post which should up the login time does not work. I've tried altering my password using phpmyadmin and tinkering with a few other things as well, yet nothing seems to get it working. I've tried testing it on 3 browsers at home and they all give the "Either you have not enabled cookies or this login window has expired." message. Below is a copy of what $debug spits out after I enable it.

note:
redirect_to: /news/admin.php 
hit:
IP: 74.173.181.20 
UserAgent: Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; U; en) Presto/2.6.30 Version/10.61 
Referer: 'http://studiomunchausen.co.cc/news/htsrv/login.php'; type=referer 
Remote Host: 
Agent name: opera 
Agent platform: win 
locale:
default_locale from conf: en-US 
default_locale from DB: en-US 
default_locale from HTTP_ACCEPT: en-US 
Set DB connection charset: latin1 
Loading file: /home/vol12/byethost8.com/b8_5669801/studiomunchausen.co.cc/htdocs/news/locales/en_US/_global.php 
Warning: evo_charset not set to translate "No user" 
Warning: evo_charset not set to translate "%d blogs owned by this user" 
Warning: evo_charset not set to translate "%d posts last edited by this user" 
Warning: evo_charset not set to translate "%d posts assigned to this user" 
Warning: evo_charset not set to translate "%d links created by this user" 
Warning: evo_charset not set to translate "%d links last edited by this user" 
Warning: evo_charset not set to translate "%d user settings on collections" 
Warning: evo_charset not set to translate "%d sessions opened by this user" 
Warning: evo_charset not set to translate "%d user permissions on blogs" 
Warning: evo_charset not set to translate "%d subscriptions" 
Warning: evo_charset not set to translate "%d posts created by this user" 
Warning: evo_charset not set to translate "Either you have not enabled cookies or this login window has expired." 
$evo_charset follows $io_charset (iso-8859-1). 
evo_charset: iso-8859-1 
io_charset: iso-8859-1 
login:
login: 'admin' 
pass: not empty 
User is trying to log in. 
Hashed password available. 
Empty salt_sess! 
Session ID does not match. 
memory:
Len of serialized $cache_imgsize: 2 
Len of serialized $cache_File: 2 
params:
init $global_param_list 
memorize_param: locale string default= 
param(-): cookieb2evosession as string 
param(-): login_action typed to array, new value=Array 
param(-): pwd_salt as string 
param(-): pwd_hashed as string 
param(-): action as string 
param(-): mode as string 
param(-): login as string 
param(-): redirect_to as string 
param(-): tempskin as string 
memorize_param: tempskin string default= 
plugins:
Loading plugin events. 
Trigger event SessionLoaded 
No registered plugins. 
Trigger event CachePageContent (first true) 
No registered plugins. 
Trigger event LoginAttemptNeedsRawPassword (first true) 
No registered plugins. 
Trigger event LoginAttempt 
No registered plugins. 
Trigger event AfterLoginAnonymousUser 
No registered plugins. 
Trigger event LoginAttemptNeedsRawPassword (first true) 
No registered plugins. 
Trigger event DisplayLoginFormFieldset 
No registered plugins. 
session:
cookie_domain=.studiomunchausen.co.cc 
cookie_path=/news/ 
No session cookie received. 
ID (generated): 1394 
Cookie sent. 
Session data[core.pwd_salt] updated. Expire in: 86400s. 
settings:
GeneralSettings::get( db_version// ): '9960' 
GeneralSettings::get( time_difference// ): [DEFAULT]: '0' 
GeneralSettings::get( default_locale// ): 'en-US' 
GeneralSettings::get( js_passwd_hashing// ): '1' 
GeneralSettings::get( js_passwd_hashing// ): '1' 
GeneralSettings::get( newusers_canregister// ): '0' 
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GeneralSettings::get( evonet_last_version_checked// ): 'http://www.studiomunchausen.co.cc/news/ b2evo b2evolution 3.3.3 2009-12-15' 
GeneralSettings::get( evonet_last_update// ): '1283491862' 
GeneralSettings::get( evonet_last_attempt// ): '1283491862' 
timer:
Starting timer total 
Starting timer _main.inc 
Starting timer sql_queries 
Starting timer abstractsettings_GeneralSettings_get 
Starting timer antispam_url 
Starting timer Hit::get_remote_host 
Starting timer plugin_init 
Starting timer _main.inc:requires 
Starting timer abstractsettings_AbstractSettings_get 
vars:
Getting ReqURI from REQUEST_URI 
$ReqHost: http://www.studiomunchausen.co.cc 
$ReqURI: /news/htsrv/login.php 
$ReqPath: /news/htsrv/login.php 
Hash key: 11 
DB
DB Username: b8_5669801
DB Database: b8_5669801_newsdb
DB Host: sql308.byetcluster.com
DB tables prefix: news_
DB connection charset: 
DB queries: 10
Query #1: we do this in DEBUG mode only
SELECT VERSION()
Rows: 1 – Time: 0.0002s (0.27%)
Query #2: we do this in DEBUG mode only
SET sql_mode = "TRADITIONAL"
Rows: 0 – Time: 0.0002s (0.27%)
Query #3: 
SELECT set_name, set_value 
FROM news_settings
Rows: 36 – Time: 0.0004s (0.50%)
Query #4: 
SELECT loc_locale, loc_charset, loc_datefmt, loc_timefmt, loc_startofweek, loc_name, loc_messages, loc_priority, loc_enabled 
FROM news_locales 
ORDER BY loc_priority
Rows: 0 – Time: 0.0003s (0.31%)
Query #5: 
SET NAMES latin1
Rows: 0 – Time: 0.0010s (1.09%)
Query #6: Check URL against antispam blacklist
SELECT aspm_string 
FROM news_antispam 
WHERE 'http://studiomunchausen.co.cc/news/htsrv/login.php' LIKE CONCAT("%",aspm_string,"%") 
LIMIT 0, 1
Rows: 0 – Time: 0.0738s (83.84%)
Query #7: 
INSERT INTO news_sessions( sess_key, sess_lastseen, sess_ipaddress ) 
VALUES ( 'WphTSA56sxP7ExFFDbCQWMzgIFPHfEF2', '2010-09-03 01:31:16', '74.173.181.20' )
Rows: 1 – Time: 0.0004s (0.40%)
Query #8: Loading plugin events
SELECT pevt_plug_ID, pevt_event 
FROM news_pluginevents INNER JOIN news_plugins ON pevt_plug_ID = plug_ID 
WHERE pevt_enabled > 0 
  AND plug_status = 'enabled' 
ORDER BY plug_priority, plug_classname
Rows: 16 – Time: 0.0025s (2.80%)
Query #9: Get User login
SELECT * 
FROM news_users 
WHERE user_login = 'admin'
Rows: 1 – Time: 0.0038s (4.28%)
Query #10: 
SELECT cach_name, cach_cache 
FROM news_global__cache
Rows: 7 – Time: 0.0053s (6.07%)
Total rows: 62

Try to change $cookie_path = '/'; in conf/advanced.php and clear cookies.

It didn't do anything. I'm still getting the message. Any other ideas that might help?

have you tried changing your "instance_name" in "/conf/advanced.php" from "b2evo" to "something_else" ?

That was changed a while go as well and it had no effect on the cookies issue.