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A login or logon (also called logging in or on and signing in or on) is the process by which individual access to a computer system is controlled by identification of the user using credentials provided by the user.

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Back end login inaccessible [closed]

When I use my back end url to login to joomla for editing, it will not load--how can I login?
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Login form css is messed up in RTL

I have a problem regarding the login form in Joomla, it is displayed quite well when the selected language is English (LTR), but whenever I change it to RTL (Arabic or anything), the CSS gets messed ...
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Secure site for members

any way to auto display login form on each page when user not logged in. I couldnt find any suitable answer for this.I have to create a membership site but when I change access of articles to ...
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Can't log in to backend Joomla3 after changing log-path

When logging in to the back-end of my website I had the problem of Cannot open file for writing log. After finding the solution to this error and solving it by changing the log path's, i encountered ...
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Login into the joomla using facebook

I'm implementing Facebook login into the Joomla login module. I took code from Facebook SDK site and I'm able to authenticate using Facebook. After authentication I am getting user data also like ...
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Redirect to Previous Page after successful Login/Logout using Menu Item

When a login form menu Item Type is created, is there a way to set the redirect URL to the page the user click the login link to reach the login form page and set it to some sort of default if the ...
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Login user by Username without getting password

Thank you in advance for your help. I am creating a "Single Sign On" for a Joomla site and have reached the final stages. The user is providing a username & password to authenticate with a 3rd ...
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Unable to access the admin section of my new joomla 3x site in localhost

I have trouble with my new Joomla 3.x site (installed in localhost (WAMP 2.4) the day before) , my OS is windows XP Professional ,laptop DELL Inspiron 640m. I can't access neither the backend nor the ...
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Invalid Token - Login Issue

Joomla 3.4.1 I was hoping somebody could briefly explain this for me. I am not that familiar with tokens, sessions or cache. My site was working fine with no issues however I decided to enable the "...
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Share joomla login in multidomains

I added several domain in one joomla website by using VirtualDomains extension. All the domain are in same Joomla site but pointing to different categories. I need to know how could it be possible to ...
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User Login History

This may have ben asked elsewhere however I couldn't see it on JSE. Is it possible to view the user login history anywhere? I had a look through the database however couldn't find anything. Joomla 3....
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Eror 303 see other when trying to login

I face a weird issue with my joomla site, There is one super user can enter the admin backend but when I try to login with any other user after entering the user and the password it redirect me back ...
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Login error on joomla 3.4.1

I have problem with my Joomla 3.4.1. Login generally works fine, but sometimes when a user logs-out and want to login again, I get this strange error. I don't even know what this is says : The ...
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SSO Login for two joomla websites [duplicate]

Can anyone advise on an extension or custom code to sinchronize two joomla 3 websites users access credentials? I have two sites on the same host and I'd like the users to be able to login in one of ...
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How to share table between 2 or more databases?

I have a Joomla! site and now I want to make some subdomains. But, I want that the users must be the same in both. Like, if a user logs on to the main site and then goes to the subdomain at the same ...
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Why do I have to login twice?

I have a Joomla 1.5 website that has a problem - when you login, it doesn't log you in and says "Your session has expired. Please log in again." as a blue error message. However the page it is on is ...
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Multiple (social) login for the same user account

I've got an easy question, but can't find the answer so far. I would like to assign to a same Joomla user more than one login credential set (username/password). More precisely, I would like to allow ...
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User logins only work from some computers and browsers

I have a Joomla! version 3.4.1 site that we just launched. We have a very strange issue where user credentials work or don't work consistently from certain workstations within certain browsers. One ...
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Click login button programmatically

For testing purposes on joomla default login file here: (/templates/theme718/html/com_users/login/default_login.php), I run the following successfully to generate the username and change the language ...
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Remember Me feature not working Joomla 2.5

I have a Joomla 2.5 website. The website requires all users to log in as the content is restricted to registered users. When my users log in there is a Remember Me function as part of the core Joomla ...
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Click button and select menu programmatically

This question is based on previous question here where I managed to populate username from the opener/source to the destination window, using the following code in the destination window using ...
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Where to catch Post event?

I use the following JavaScript to open new window in which Joomla login page displayed: window.open('https://URL', '_blank', 'location=yes'); The new window opens is as follows: I need to ...
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Login to Joomla website from mobile App

Background I have Joomla website and mobile App that's running on different server (programmed using JavaScript). Both belong to the same party, and the users have similar accounts on both with ...
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How to pass parameters via email to component?

I am new to Joomla! development. I have an event management component that I am modifying. One of the views of the component is for event registration. I want to make registration private, and want to ...
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Joomla Backend - Cannot login after switching to new host. "An error has occurred. 0 Cannot open file for writing log"

I switched to a new Host after using a free hoster for months i finally got a good vHost. But now i cannot login to my joomla backend anymore resulting in a strange error. This happens whether i use ...
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Change Profile Display Upon Initial Login

I am using a membership extension to manage the users on my site along with the native Joomla login module. They sign up using the membership extension and the initial time that they login they are ...
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Invalid Token - Login issue - Explaination of what is being compared

I have 2 very similar (but obviously not identical) environments - one test and one production. I am using only the standard Login form from a menu item. Yet, I get an Invalid Token when trying to log ...
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Login automatically from mobile App to website without need to re-insert credentials

The mobile App has been designed by myself (easy to manipulate). However, the website was designed by an outsourced developer (Joomla) and he is not available anymore. What I need to add is link the ...
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Hide homepage when user is logged in

When the user is logged in and trying to access the homepage I need to redirect him to certain url. So basically when authorized user gets to www.example.com he's redirected to www.example.com/...
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How to automatically log in a user after they've clicked the confirm registration link?

I have a site that requires users to register, which is pretty standard. On registration the user is sent an email with a registration link. They're fully registered when they click it and they can ...
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Login redirection leads to unrelated article

I am trying to set up a staff page using hidden menu items. The login point is a public menu item, which should redirect to a menu item with registered access. Unfortunately a successful login ...
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How to use 1 administrator account for multiple sites?

I need to find a solution for joomla backend administrator login to make easier for multiple site. Let`s say i have a dozen of Joomla sites and their administrator account is XYZ and the password is ...
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JAuthentication: :__construct - Can't login in Administrator

Today I deleted 2 plugins of my Joomla 3.x and after that when I tried again to login in my administrator i could not. The error is: JAuthentication: :__construct The solution for the previous ...
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Direct logout link

I know I can display the login/logout form with the following link: http://example.com/index.php?option=com_users&view=login But once logged in, this link will redirect the user to a page with a ...
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Redirect to previous page after login in custom component

I want redirect users after login Current link in joomla 2.5 custom component I use this code but after login i have error 500 $user =& JFactory::getUser(); $mainframe = ...
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Video link should prompt for login page

I have joomla 2.5.4 website for registered users configured with LDAP. I have copied a video in the images folder and i want to give the link to the clients. Obviously if i place the url in the ...
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Restricting Web navigation with Joomla! login in a Cybercafe [closed]

Want to integrate all desktops on our cafe with username and password such that anyone accessing computer has to login through our website. Is it possible? This will help us having an email list of ...
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Custom component login task

I'm trying to do a very basic login function through my component, but I'm always getting back a TRUE response from the auth, whether I use valid credentials or not. The docs seem to indicate that it ...
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How to write custom form and code for Joomla login? [closed]

I'm a beginner in Joomla. I don't want to customize or use modules like BTlogin or default login module in Joomla. I want to create fresh login module with minimum code, I don't know how the passwords ...
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Users cannot logout because session is not deleted

I am using the core users component. Users after logging in are not able to logout, the logout button simple refreshes the page. Joomla is not deleting entries from the _session table when a user ...
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Facebook Login - Tell joomla to login

I'm developing a facebook login (FB SDK Javascript) for a Joomla site to add an alternative way to register/login. What I've done is: Create FB app Insert relevant code to my site Get connected stat ...
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Unable to log in after upgrading joomla 2.5 to 3.0

I have followed the instructions given in following forum post and also googled for how to upgrade joomla 2.5 to 3.0 http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=710&t=793171 After that my process ...
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Single Sign On (SSO) Joomla with other System

I've been searching over the net on how to make a Single Sign On Joomla 3.3 to work with a system that is based on Java. Both Joomla portal and java system are under the same server. I need it to ...
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Can't logon with Joomla IIS 8 install

I have a virtual server on Microsoft Azure. It has IIS 8, PHP 5.4 and a Joomla 3.3 site installed on it. This is a brand new install where I am migrating a site from a different location using Akeeba ...
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No Mobile Login

I'm running two sites, both with the same theme and modules, both Joomla 2.5.22. With the test site mobile devices can log in, with the live site they can't. When a user enters their username and ...
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Can you have multiple custom Login Forms with unique templates Joomla 3.x

I want to use our Joomla 3.x site to do three different functions and therefore have three templates and I have setup three menus, but assigned more than one login form doesn't seem to work. It just ...
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How to use logout() method without duplicate session record in db

While importing from an external app, I'm creating new users, and all their categories, subcategories, and articles. To get proper ownership of all the content, I'm logging the new user in, ...
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Delete <li> tag of "Forgot Password", "Registration"

I have a little problem on one of my Joomla website. I had to delete the Forgot Password... the 2/3 Links that appears under the login module. They're gone now, but still there is 3 <li> section,...
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Send a copy of an e-mail

I have a page blocked by a login module, and I have the "Forgot my password" link etc .. I want to send a copy of the send e-mail to an other email. For example. User1 lost his password, he click on ...
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Logged in user details, profile, message notification display using access level category

I have converted a dashboard template for joomla 2.5 for my project. the issue is this i want to show the login details for the user just like i mentioned in the image is there any module or plugin ...
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