Why does Manage Tab redirect to old server after restore?

  • Resolved deko

    (@deko)


    18 years, 6 months ago

    I used phpMyAdmin to Export/Import a dump file – worked fine.

    Everything seemed to go well until I logged in and clicked the Manage tab – I was directed back to the old server (The old server is still up – this was backup/restore test) – where I was presented with another login screen.

    Is there some kind of security or cache mechanism that could be causing this? I don’t think there is anything on the Options tab that would cause this (?) What could possibly be in the database that would cause this?

    BUT – I’ve noticed this same behavior on the original server (completely apart from any backup issue) – that is, I’ll log in, then try to switch tabs, and I get another login screen. I’ve tolerated this and just logged in a second time. But now this behavior is interfering with my backup procedure ??

    Any ideas what’s going on?

    Thanks in advance.

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  • My guess is that “WordPress address (URI):” and/or “Blog address (URI):” under Options > General is set to the old server.

    Thread Starter deko

    (@deko)

    Yes, after some research, that is my guess as well.

    But, every time I click “Update Options” after changing the URI, I get this:

    Sorry, you need to enable sending referrers for this feature to work.

    and the change does not stick.

    There must be some way to temporarily disable this ‘sending referer’ security feature in WP so I can fix this.

    Any ideas?

    You could change it in the database (using perhaps PHPMyAdmin) by changing the values in the wp_options table for “siteurl” and “home”

    Of course, as with any time you make changes to your database, be sure you have a backup.

    Thread Starter deko

    (@deko)

    Yes, I suppose i could try that. But I will, eventually, figure out how to disable that ‘send referer’ bug. I think it has something to do with admin.php. There is not a lot of WP documentation on this.

    It’s not a bug if the “siteurl” and “home” options are incorrect. If they are incorrect, you must change them or you’ll have lots of problems.

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