Admin rights stopped working??

Question

Hello,

It seems like my admin account's rights (priveleges) stopped working. My admin account still works, but I cannot reply, edit, or hide a post.

Moreover, I cannot even post a question now. And noone else too. Noone can register etc.

What could be the problem? Here is my site: http://sorucevap.sihirlielma.com/

BTW, there are spam bots posting spam on my Q&A site constantly :(

Please help.

Best,
Goktug

Answer 1

You have taken your site down for maintainance. Just undo this.

Go to admin/general and in there uncheck the last checkbox. In english it says Take site down for temporary maintenance

Comments

testing this

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This is why I shut it down. :)

Now, I re-opened it, problem still exists.

One more quick info: Other admin account also has the same problem. I cannot use any rights of the admin user right now.

Please try to register. When you try, it says "you have no rights to this" etc. too. :) It seems like no one can do anything on the site right now. :(

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Your site returns a "504 Gateway Time-out" error. If after unchecking that you are unable to post with administrators then try to fix it from the admin/permisssons section. If this doesn't work then you seem to have messed with the code... maybe performed an inappropriate core hack or a plugin is messing with your permissons. Remove all plugins, copy again all Q2A files and re-test the site

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Thanks for the answer.

- I've corrected the 504 error, the original problem still exists.
- Tried the admin/permissions panel. Everything seems normal. My super admin user has all of the rights.
- I have not changed any code, for the last 6+ months.
- Could it be a hack try? How can I address it?

If I copy all of the Q2A files and relaunch the site, will I keep my questions and answers? I don't wanna lose them all.

Could you please tell me a backup method that I can backup my entire DB?

Thanks again.
Goktug

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Too many questions I have not the answer for. Anyway, I'm pretty sure just copying the .php files again won't delete anything but will make sure the files are the original ones. You will have to copy plugins and themes back again and any other file not in the original installation

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Got it, thanks. I'm gonna try and let you know.

UPDATE: I've deactivated all plugins and re-installed v1.6.2 original files. No change :(

You can see the site in default theme and in English. Can you please check it again? I am confused about what to do now.

The site always responds with "You do not have permission to perform this operation"

UPDATE 2: I can use my admin panel and save changes. For example, I've put an information message on top of every page for my users.

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I have found the solution! :)

Damn spam bots posted spammy questions, and used my server's internal address!

When the admin blocks that IP, none of the users (including admins) were blocked!

LOL. I fixed it through admin page. :)

Cheers everyone! I hope it helps for someone in the future!