I have a fresh installation over which I have restored a copy of my production server database. I can browse the site, etc just fine. However, when I try to logon (http://localhost/login, which I can do on the production server just fine) I receive a 404 error:

"The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable."

Which is a bit of a showstopper! Any ideas on how I can fix this? I am running 6.0.1.

Thanks.

Mark

 

Did you restore the files from the old site, especially the web.config file?
If not then this is the cause of the problem. The web config file contains a key used for password encryption. If the same key isn't used then the old password won't work.
If you still have access to the old web.config copy that to the new site. Rember to ensure the SQL connection string is updated for the new site.
If you don't have the old web.config then look at http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Resources/Wiki/Page/Recover-passwords.aspx on ways to regain access to the website.

When backing up and restoring a DNN install its usually preferable to back up both the database and files as not everything is in the database. Most of the time when restoring both the only items you have to remember is to change the SQL connection string in the web.config and ensure a portal alias exists in the database for the new site location.

HTH
Antony