Thank you Mario. I had the password file for the secure port but inside no password. I copied the password from my development machine and it worked. Don't understand it but your post gave me a clue where to look. Thanks!
On Sunday, February 12, 2012 6:11:12 AM UTC-6, Mariano Reingart wrote: > > The admin is not mandatory, you can upload your chages via FTP. > > Also, you can create a password file (parameters_xxxx.py, replace xxx > with the port number) just running web2py in your local machine, and > then upload it too your server (copy it to the folder where web2py.py > resides). > > Best regards, > > Mariano Reingart > http://www.sistemasagiles.com.ar > http://reingart.blogspot.com > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Edward Shave > wrote: > > Hi, despite being a total novice with little or no experience beyond > windows > > I have managed to install web2py on a webfaction shared server. By > > substituting my webfaction application listening port into the > instructions > > I found here... > > > http://docs.webfaction.com/user-guide/databases.html#starting-an-ssh-tunnel-with-putty > I > > can connect to my web2py application over SSH. Problem is when I try to > > access admin I get.... " admin disabled because unable to access password > > file". > > > > I found a lot of references to this error when searching the group but no > > real answer. There was some talk of admin using port 80 maybe when > looking > > for the password? Another suggestion was that I should have two > instances of > > web2py running on the server but I think that's only necessary if admin > has > > been disabled, which in my case I don't think it has. Either way I don't > > know how to go about fixing it. > > > > Here you can find the web2py install script I used... > > > http://community.webfaction.com/questions/7193/install-web2py-with-nginx-and-uwsgi > > > > One last question... Is there any need to access admin on the server? I'm > > wondering if I can just make changes localy then upload the changes via > ftp? > >
