Can't log into admin area in magento! Need help quick

Question

I can't seem to get into the admin area in magento. I think it's a cookie issue as the page is just reloading and I've cleared the cache manually, cleared the cookies in my browser but still I'm locked out. Edited the Varien.php and commented the last 3 lines on the cookie (yes I know your not suppose to edit the core code but I'm at a loss here). I really need to get in to it asap. Can I clear the sessions in the sessions folder and will that help?

Hope someone can help

Answer 1

You can try by changing value in your core_config_data table with path web/unsecure/base_url and web/secure/base_url for localhost to 127.0.0.1

Clean the session folder and cache folder in /var directory.

Answer 2

Actually, there are a few things you can try:

• change password from admin user through DB
• create a new admin via MySQL and try to login
• clear all caches and tmp/session files and try again
• try a different browser
• try incognito mode from Chrome

Answer 3

Try to change password with this script https://gist.github.com/litzinger/48be5876d6bba1509323 . You need put this script in root directory and than will call from browser

http://magentoshop.domain/create-magento-user.php. Of course change this parameters:

define( 'USERNAME', 'new.user' );
define( 'PASSWORD', 'password' );
define( 'FIRSTNAME', 'Excited' );
define( 'LASTNAME', 'Croc' );
define( 'EMAIL', 'new.user@magento.com' );