Comments on: Fix lost admin access in bbPress

By: Sriram

Sriram — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:17:56 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. Well, I am not integrating bbpress with wordpress, but bbpress with my custom site only.

By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:23:21 +0000

Hey!

Use the bbPress integration plugin for WordPress, that should fix it. If you are lost, you can hire me to take a look and do it for you.

By: Sriram

Sriram — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:36:12 +0000

Hi,

I am trying to integrate bbpress with my custom site. I synchronized the user tables of my site & bbpress. Then, I wrote a custom plugin for bbpress which logs users only if the cookie is set by my site. The problem I am facing is, I see the admin link but can’t get to the admin panel.

Is there a workaround for this issue?

Thanks

By: carl

carl — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:56:56 +0000

Hello,
thank you so much for the posting, i dreaded playing with phpadmin
but i tell you, i find my way round it learn few tricks and hurray by wordpress and bbpress are happily married together… am so delighted.
It took me at least two days to get to your site

carl

By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Tue, 17 May 2011 08:19:55 +0000

Good! Let me know if you need help with anything else.

By: albert

albert — Mon, 16 May 2011 23:28:32 +0000

I had no idea what I was doing, but somehow I reasoned it out and I think I fixed everything.

I now have access to my bb-admin (and my wp-admin). My login is now both the WP admin and the BB keymaster. And when I log into one site, I stay logged into the other.

Thanks for all your help.

By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Mon, 16 May 2011 21:50:27 +0000

Too specific and very hard to tell without taking a look myself. If you are willing to hire me, you can do so. Right link on the navigation menu.

By: albert

albert — Mon, 16 May 2011 21:48:46 +0000

Not really sure what you mean in your first question, but i do have tables entitled “bb_users” and “wp_users.”

Even when I login on bbpress side, I can’t see a link to the admin panel.

By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Mon, 16 May 2011 21:43:50 +0000

They look fine. Does bbPress use WordPress user tables or of its own? And make sure you have bbPress integration plugin on WordPress side if you are trying to access bbPress after logging in from WordPress side.
When you login on bbPress side, can you see a link to admin panel or that is gone too?

By: albert

albert — Mon, 16 May 2011 21:11:39 +0000

Actually, I just found the tables with the assistance of my hosting provider. My apologies for the confusion.

For the table bb_usermeta, the value of bb_capabilities (for user_id 1) is a:1:{s:9:”keymaster”;b:1;}.

For the table wp_usermeta, the value of wp_capabilities (for user_id 1) is a:1:{s:13:”administrator”;b:1;}.

Yet I am still not able to access my bb-admin. Do I need to adjust these?

By: albert

albert — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:43:58 +0000

I have located both my wp-config.php and bb-config.php files, but neither of them have anything close to the word “usermeta” in them.

i don’t know if it’s asking too much of you, but i can actually post the contents of each of the files if it would help.

i apologize for being so ignorant but i’m just learning this stuff.

By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:14:06 +0000

Tables are in the database. In your hosting cpanel, find phpmyadmin. Go to the database you are using ( find it in wp-config.php or bb-config.php as your case may be), and then you have to edit rows in those table.

By: albert

albert — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:16:24 +0000

i’m sorry but i’m very much a beginner… where do i find these tables? in which files?

By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:14:41 +0000

yes that probably is. Those are tables. Look for the row in those tables and fix them

By: albert

albert — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:27:12 +0000

i am having these same issues after integrating bbpress with wordpress. i believe it is because i forgot to designate the wp administrator as the keymaster.

i am looking in my database and can’t even find any files named bb_usermeta or wp_usermeta, nor can i find these words in my wp-config.php or bb-config.php files.

i know it’s two years later, but if you are still around i would love some assistance… thanks.