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#20795 JLIB_APPLICATION_ERROR_COMPONENT_NOT_LOADING

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Latest post by Stuckshutter on Tuesday, 26 August 2014 15:07 CDT

Stuckshutter
 I ugraded to 3.0.3 then installed the plugin for the geo information.
That had an error and did not install properly.
Now, the front end is showing jos-Warning: JLIB_APPLICATION_ERROR_COMPONENT_NOT_LOADING with a lot of details
The backend is shoiwn "403 - An error has occurred.
OED REPS 2 - Possible Security Violation
Return to Control Panel"

I looked in the system/plugins for admintools to disable it but cannot find the plugin listed.
Meantime, I'm locked out of the backend and the front end does not function.

Is there a solution to this issue? Any help much appreciated.

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager
This issue is not related to Admin Tools. There is no such message coming from Admin Tools.

If you don't want to believe me, even though I wrote the software, let's make sure that the problem is indeed caused by Admin Tools. In order to do so, try the following:

1. Try setting the Error Reporting level in your Global Configuration to "None". Many errors are caused by harmless PHP Notices and Warnings being output to the browser, breaking anything which requires HTTP header manipulation such as Joomla!'s session management, AJAX calls and download systems.

2. Try to replicate the issue after disabling the "System - Admin Tools" plugin (you can rename the plugins/system/admintools directory to admintools_DISABLED with the same effect). If you can still replicate the issue, it is not caused by Admin Tools. Disabling that plugin means that Admin Tools code (including the Web Application Firewall) is not running on your site.

3. If you suspect an issue with the .htaccess file, replace its contents with the contents of the stock htaccess.txt file shipped with every version of Joomla!. If you are on GoDaddy please wait for 1-30 minutes for the changes to be effective. Then, retry loading the problem page. If you can still reproduce the error, then it is not caused by .htaccess Maker.

If doing any of the above resulted in the issue still occurring, it's not related with Admin Tools and we can't help you. If doing any of the above did stop the issue from occurring, we'll have to do some troubleshooting.

First go to Admin Tools, Web Application Firewall, Configure WAF. Make sure "Log security exceptions" is set to Yes; if it's not, set it to Yes and click on Save. Now try reproducing your issue. Immediately after that, please go to Admin Tools, Web Application Firewall, Security Exceptions Log. The latest log entry at the top should have the date and time of when the issue occurred. Please copy the Reason and Target URL here so that we can further help you.

If, however, you do not see a log entry, or the Date and/or IP address do not match your last access, this problem is not caused by Admin Tools' WAF. In this case, you will have to do some .htaccess troubleshooting. You may need to read the general .htaccess troubleshooting page, as well as the page on finding out necessary .htaccess exceptions.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Stuckshutter
You are correct, the site did have the plugin/system admintools main.php file.... but it had been buried in the file structure. Seems the site had been converted from 1.5 and the old directory left in place with the new site appear as though it were a directory in the old site. Had us confused out of this world... until a guy sharper than I figured out what had happened.

Sorry to have bothered you...
gee, why don't people clean up after themselves when the build a site over?
Ah well, your stuff works like a charm. Thanks for some great components.

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