# Login engine not working

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-engine-not-working/102010>\
**Category:** Engines\
**Created:** [August 9, 2006, 7:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-engine-not-working/102010 "2006-08-09T07:44:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![isaacrtree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/65b543/32.png) [@isaacrtree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/isaacrtree)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 7:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-engine-not-working/102010/1 "2006-08-09T07:44:27Z")

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I had another Linux installation on which I had both the Login and User  
engines working perfectly. Then, I copied the entire Rails folder  
(including /vendor/plugins off root which included all my plugins) to a  
different installation.

The new installation was slightly different, so I had a few problems  
with it being Rails v. 1.1.4 (I just changed to RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION =  
‘1.1.4’ from 1.1.2) and the MySQL sock being in a different place (just  
added socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock to database.yml).

So everything opens up nicely, and my application is running. Then, when  
I go to log in to the protected section, the Login Engine appears to not  
work and I get the login page refreshed, whatever I put in. No notice  
appears informing me of a bad input either. Also, I tried to load  
several protected pages after that, but Login Engine had obviously not  
done what I wanted.

How do I go about fixing/testing what’s wrong? I’d rather not reinstall  
all the engines…

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**Author:** ![isaacrtree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/65b543/32.png) [@isaacrtree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/isaacrtree)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 7:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-engine-not-working/102010/2 "2006-08-09T07:54:09Z")

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Isaac Rowntree wrote:

> I had another Linux installation on which I had both the Login and User  
> engines working perfectly. Then, I copied the entire Rails folder  
> (including /vendor/plugins off root which included all my plugins) to a  
> different installation.
> 
> The new installation was slightly different, so I had a few problems  
> with it being Rails v. 1.1.4 (I just changed to RAILS\_GEM\_VERSION =  
> ‘1.1.4’ from 1.1.2) and the MySQL sock being in a different place (just  
> added socket: /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock to database.yml).
> 
> So everything opens up nicely, and my application is running. Then, when  
> I go to log in to the protected section, the Login Engine appears to not  
> work and I get the login page refreshed, whatever I put in. No notice  
> appears informing me of a bad input either. Also, I tried to load  
> several protected pages after that, but Login Engine had obviously not  
> done what I wanted.
> 
> How do I go about fixing/testing what’s wrong? I’d rather not reinstall  
> all the engines…

I forgot to add - I also copied the entire database across and that  
reverting to the previous installation is no longer an option ☹

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**Author:** ![isaacrtree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/65b543/32.png) [@isaacrtree](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/isaacrtree)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/login-engine-not-working/102010/3 "2006-08-15T14:16:44Z")

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You’ll need to look at the access logs from some clue about what might  
be going wrong - see if there’s anything suspicious in there.

- james