salt reset causes 503 error

You made a typo somewhere. Please show that area of your config.php.

no typos (and I’ve combed through it), I’ve tried it more than a dozen times. When I replace it, I get the 503 error, when I go back to original code, no more error. It’s mystifying.

Please show that area of your config.php (before and after).

before:
define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ‘D&46KDjXXstf|PIl|Ul<l|{r.I|*~DpBD|nvKUaY+OiO`B>K62w+tUz]v0;_3=LR’);
define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘zp47!M*I(C?G+,pM_CjY.O}|N$v_1!Yb4|c%aj|WX[wia)X>AUf-34mLua%rem`|’);
define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘i.fXo1X$ qwkZu[>r+!De.Uq0k}X)1vT-)GIV&K(cMb`,(X@7X=O*8JAyqfbzYx’);
define(‘NONCE_KEY’, ’43N2zX?;|bcX#Ha0,SU1O}%lD)ePgkTJR~J~g_T_QSO`S:LJ(ESmx%ZhmOCf_D2a’);
define(‘AUTH_SALT’, ‘0^*fXL|g!mdHRM-v+/bW>@QKx_cbz295jb|8L<m/Qk}~6_Ej1QD@XqV{S#ZyH7/)’);
define(‘SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ‘TQb@yX?&<P$1^M2l+MW-2qX!v&d3<+glKi)r39?MN83^mG_+X*M0r51s@ie|s^[0’);
define(‘LOGGED_IN_SALT’, ‘q:qiu+@P4`gl,2bt*|&={ukGbl]zw]ds7Xu]0KY)X[+{mOWY?e_5AsuPO:M<]#G(‘);
define(‘NONCE_SALT’, ‘V;$%8!!loi/Y@+XEw0Kl[m+j{a(_vC+:>(}9C,y`087(RNO2I~K.:>T=$Rg-S~/W’);

after:
define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ‘Hv69oN?!X@]!x<=5=;73zI<]WBnD?U4m?%CS2frW56Kqgo1U4-x#:{6:c1e.6Ow>’);
define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘|/2]_mV9xU[ZSPHG=f#R8cu.gB^0kekS*+~t!`Eqw^MQQ7<:mx/Zes><}|ry!q)z’);
define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘#;87RfFY*SK.].~wDLe ?vxOav[>rp=FD+p{zYU:6?(=|fy9z-}-)ztbkKM[/YTZ’);
define(‘NONCE_KEY’, ‘D._J2XV(v,du+atxePYm1Xc-PEu~Cag(3oBVRSnZWd|O^,>q9=]jTKgIL{C<i$-s’);
define(‘AUTH_SALT’, ‘.r)-]ZV0}$A[2XuMYh@5=Y4priz+l <*j}xXP6E6U5jQx/Qf5I|YPu1AcN+QV?tf’);
define(‘SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ‘+L$N?p.EWkh>~T5c,2yU}l`af[gasdLQp Zv:EAoj|v<2_MI<]oXs$f%Yy=LV)rU’);
define(‘LOGGED_IN_SALT’, ‘E*O$ngP%+sVt/MGhf-p)#{)GZ+b$^?]:,P(7a^&&r-uVzT7*ly]FWR+tSXIh]`’);
define(‘NONCE_SALT’, ‘Le2HCN,9}s)Mx|>ZqWk++#>D+[$Nxp<m9^;*0^Y%.gUtpO_,r]?_x8u7+PdVa5′);

aw damn. I see what it is now. When I copy from the browser the characters aren’t plain text. Just made the new salt plain text et voila, it worked….

??