So I just downloaded and installed (from the source package) 4.5.5 on a Windows 2003 Server that has never seen DNN before.

After going through the install instructions choosing custom and then manually selecting all modules to install I got an error on the page (didn't write it down) and installation couldn't proceed it just kept asking me to select a module.  Even unselecting all modules and attempting to continue didn't help.

So I cancelled the installation, deleted the DNN database and recreated it, and recopied the WebSite directory and tried again.

This time I chose the "Typeical" install which gets me through without errors and I see the default portal.

My problem now is that when I attempt to log in as "host" or 'admni" I simply go back to the Home page....There is no Admin or Host menu and there is nothing in the top right hand corner of the portal indicating I am logged in.  I know that some sort of "login" process has taken place since if I purposes screw up the pasword it gives me a log in error.

So my question is - where is the Host/Admin menues?

I have read the posted here and restarted IIS (ResetIIS) and have "tweaked" the web.config file but nothing I try gets me those menus?  Also I looked that the USERS table and the SuperUser flag is set for the 'host' account.

Anybody have any ideas?

Thanks,

Rod

Sebastian

Thanks for the idea but it didn't work.

The Admin and Host menu options aren't there and neither is any sign at the top that I am logged in as host.  Just the Home screen exactly as it was after I try to login.  Again, however, if I type a wrong password for the host or admin accounts I get a password error message, so I know some form of authentication is being attempted. 

Any other ideas?

I am wondering if it has anything to do with the ASPNET provider being used.  I haven't changed any of this in the config that came with DNN 4.4.5 but doesn't look right?

Thanks,
Rod

    <!-- ASP.NET 2 Membership/Profile/Role and AnonymousAuthentication Providers -->
    <!-- anonymousIdentification configuration:
          enabled="[true|false]"                              Feature is enabled?
          cookieName=".ASPXANONYMOUS"                         Cookie Name
          cookieTimeout="100000"                              Cookie Timeout in minutes
          cookiePath="/"                                      Cookie Path
          cookieRequireSSL="[true|false]"                     Set Secure bit in Cookie
          cookieSlidingExpiration="[true|false]"              Reissue expiring cookies?
          cookieProtection="[None|Validation|Encryption|All]" How to protect cookies from being read/tampered
          domain="[domain]"                                   Enables output of the "domain" cookie attribute set to the specified value
        -->
    <anonymousIdentification enabled="true" cookieName=".ASPXANONYMOUS" cookieTimeout="100000" cookiePath="/" cookieRequireSSL="false" cookieSlidingExpiration="true" cookieProtection="None" domain="" />
    <membership defaultProvider="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" userIsOnlineTimeWindow="15">
      <providers>
        <clear />
        <!-- Configuration for DNNSQLMembershipProvider:
              connectionStringName="string"               Name corresponding to the entry in <connectionStrings> section where the connection string for the provider is specified
              passwordAttemptThreshold="int"              The number of failed password attempts, or failed password answer attempts that are allowed before locking out a user?s account
              passwordAttemptWindow="int"                 The time window, in minutes, during which failed password attempts and failed password answer attempts are tracked
              enablePasswordRetrieval="[true|false]"      Should the provider support password retrievals
              enablePasswordReset="[true|false]"          Should the provider support password resets
              requiresQuestionAndAnswer="[true|false]"    Should the provider require Q & A
           minRequiredPasswordLength="int"            The minimum password length
           minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="int"  The minimum number of non-alphanumeric characters
              applicationName="string"                    Optional string to identity the application: defaults to Application Metabase path
              requiresUniqueEmail="[true|false]"          Should the provider require a unique email to be specified
              passwordFormat="[Clear|Hashed|Encrypted]"   Storage format for the password: Hashed (SHA1), Clear or Encrypted (Triple-DES)
              description="string"                        Description of what the provider does
        -->
        <add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider" connectionStringName="SiteSqlServer" enablePasswordRetrieval="true" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false" minRequiredPasswordLength="7" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0" requiresUniqueEmail="false" passwordFormat="Encrypted" applicationName="DotNetNuke" description="Stores and retrieves membership data from the local Microsoft SQL Server database" />
      </providers>
    </membership>

I have the same problem.

When upgrading from 4.5.1 to 4.5.5 and logging in as Host I have no Host menu, only Admin menu is visible