Can't Login

I can't log in.

A typical login problem is where your username shows up in the Who's Online block but you still get the login form instead of the user settings (and admin options, if you're an admin).

First, some background information: When you login, i.e. when you enter a valid username and password, JInlun-owners creates a session for you. What the Who's Online block displays are actually only the valid sessions at the moment, which, as you found out when you have that problem, does not always mean the same as logged-in users. Once a session has been created, jinlun-owners will send out a cookie containing that session's id. After that, jinlun-owners will attempt to read back that cookie and compare the session id with the session id it has stored in the database. Only when those two are identical will you be recognised as being logged in.

So, in most cases, the problem is with the cookies. Here are some of the most common causes:

• Your browser does not accept cookies. That's usually a simple settings in your browser's preferences. In Intenet Explorer, you may also need to lower security for the site slightly.
  
  
• Something, e.g. a Proxy or a (personal) firewall, may be filtering the cookies

Last Updated Saturday, November 11 2006 @ 09:22 PM GMT|1,840 Hits