Magento Admin login kicks me out back to the Admin login

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user9903 picture user9903 · Oct 27, 2010 · Viewed 10.4k times · Source

After I enter my username and password and click "Login" it sends me back to the Login page with NO error messages. The URL changes to include a session key and that's it. Everytime I click Login again, the session key is regenerated and I still can't log into the admin interface.

Answer

clockworkgeek picture clockworkgeek · Oct 27, 2010

Clear the contents of the directory var/cache and try again.

If that doesn't help check the table core_config_data in the database for records with a path value of "web/secure/base_url", "web/unsecure/base_url" and "admin/url/custom". These should match the page you are trying to log into (but without "index.php/admin/" at the end)

Finally check your browser's cookie settings and that the server's PHP is able to set cookies.

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