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8/11/2006 12:08 PM
 
Jeff Shannon

www.m0m0.org
Joined: 6/30/2005
Posts: 3
Hello

I've attempted to upgrade dot net nuke on 2 seperate occasions since recently starting to mess around with it.

The first time, I tried to upgrade from 4.3.2 to 4.3.3. The upgrade seemed to go fine; the site displayed ok and seemed to work. The problem was when I tried to login. Admin, host, and a 3rd account I created stopped being able to login.

Having just started using DNN, i just re-installed, thinking the problem might be a fluke.

Fast forward a few weeks. 4.3.3 is installed and needs to be upgraded to 4.3.4. I do the installation, same as before. Everything works.. Except being able to login.

I've restored back to 4.3.3 with my backups but I sure would like to patch that security hole.

What gives? Am I doing something wrong?

-Jeff
 
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8/11/2006 7:24 PM
 
cathal connolly


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are you copying over the validation and decryption keys? They're uniquely generated per-install, so need to be migrated over to the new web.config, and if they're not, you won't be able to log in. The steps are detailed in the installation guide in the documentation download.

Cathal

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8/11/2006 11:18 PM
 
Jeff Shannon

www.m0m0.org
Joined: 6/30/2005
Posts: 3
thanks for the nudge in the right direction pal. That's all it was.

I feel a bit silly as I thought I was following the directions. I'm familiar with those 2 settings having manually adjusted them for another web application that I run load balanced on 2 servers, but I had no idea each installation of DNN actually generated new keys on install.. So I skipped that part as it was only mentioned in the upgrade notes as, what I interpreted to be, settings you /might/ have changed.

I didn't personally touch that part of the web.config, so I didn't copy it over.

Anyhoo.. It would be helpful had the upgrade doc mentioned that they actually /need/ to be copied!

- merge any localized settings from your old web.config to the new web.config. These typically include:
- connection strings ( SiteSqlServer )
- machine keys ( validationKey and decryptionKey )
- objectQualifier

I would update that line to say...

- merge any localized settings from your old web.config to the new web.config. These include:
- the connection strings ( SiteSqlServer ) that you configured
- the machine keys ( validationKey and decryptionKey ) - that are unique to each install and generated on install
- objectQualifier
 
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8/12/2006 5:05 AM
 
Mehdi Alidoost

www.ashian.IR
Joined: 6/12/2005
Posts: 10

Hello,

I also have a problem by upgrading to 3.3.3 to 3.3.4 , I did it without any problem on my local machine , but when I try to upgrade my website, and when try to log in I get this error message,

Can you help me, how can i fix the problem?

 

An error has occurred.
DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.PageLoadException: Input string was not in a correct format. ---> System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format. at System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info) at DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserProfile.get_TimeZone() at DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserTime.get_ClientToServerTimeZoneFactor() at DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.UserTime.get_CurrentUserTime() at DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.Controls.CurrentDate.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
 
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8/12/2006 5:40 AM
 
Rahul Sharma

Joined: 7/15/2006
Posts: 20
Please copy this section (machineKey) from your old web.config:
 

<machineKey validationKey="856E0CC799727915D301E9AC52DC086C319CA6A9" decryptionKey="B4C93481C459096B4EF60CD63F67BC14C2A974268593B5B0" decryption="3DES" validation="SHA1"/>

and replace in new web.config.

 

Hope this helps you.

 

Rahul
 
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