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#18515 Admin Tools not Showing

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Latest post by nicholas on Friday, 20 December 2013 02:58 CST

Friday, 13 December 2013 09:09 CST

user76644
After attempting to install this component twice, installation process returns confirmation as successfully installed, but admin tools is not seen anywhere.

Hosting is godaddy.

I have attempted to implement the following lines to .htaccess and it brakes the site with a server error:

php_flag display_errors off
php_flag allow_url_include off

php_value upload_max_filesize 10M
php_value post_max_size 10M

 Also I couldn't find the Admin Tools "PRO" version.

I mainly intend to protect joomla installations from hackers and sql injections with this component while also restricting access to administration via IP address.

Thanks,
Andres

Friday, 13 December 2013 10:38 CST

nicholas
First try uninstalling the component (from Extensions, Extensions Manager, Manage).

Then come back to our site, log out and log back in. You will now see the Admin Tools Professional download. Download it and install it on your site. It should now be displayed in your site's Components menu.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
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Friday, 13 December 2013 10:52 CST

user76644
Thank you!

Was able to install it and activate it with the Download ID as well.

Where could I see some "admin tools" guidelines / popular settings / tutorials to increase security to prevent most hacker/SQL injection attacks?

Thanks
Andres

Sunday, 15 December 2013 12:31 CST

nicholas
Hello Andres,

The best resource is none other than our documentation. Take a look at the Quick Setup section of the documentation for more information.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Thursday, 19 December 2013 17:53 CST

user76644
So I have tried following as best as I could the Quick-Setup guide, but stepped into a few challenges...

1. Administrator secret URL parameter

I set this up to be triggered by keyword "control"

So i was assuming that administration would only be accessible via

http://www.example.com/administrator?control

But site is still accessible just as usual.

http://www.example.com/administrator/

2. Setting up Project Honeypot Protection

In the instructions says:

Also set "Project Honeypot HTTP:BL Key to Yes."

But there isn't that specific option in the administrator... this is the closest:
Enable HTTP:BL filtering [No/Yes] ← Should this be set to "Yes" instead?

Sorry I know I might be a bit annoying about this, but last security suite I tried caused me a lot of pains for assuming things on my own so I want to be extra-careful this time.

Thank you!
Edited by user76644 on 2013-12-19 17:54 CST

Friday, 20 December 2013 02:58 CST

nicholas
1. You have added your IP address in the administrator IP whitelist or one of the allowed IPs text boxes in the Configure WAF page. In this case no restriction applies to requests coming from your IP.

2. Yes, it's renamed to "Enable HTTP:BL filtering". There is a key field below it and it must be filled in with your personal Project Honeypot key.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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