Access denied for the user #1

Question

I'm getting a 403 error everytime I try to log in with the user #1.

What can I do to get access again?

I have already tried to:

• clear all cashes (via Drush)
• set the time in both the server and Drupal's timezone, to be sure it isn't a cookie expiration problem

Answer 1

The problem began after I uncommented and defined a wrong $cookie_domain, in settings.php. (I needed this set up for FCKeditor/CKFinder.) Once I have corrected this, I've managed to log in again.

Answer 2

Check that cookie domain, and site URL are the same, in the settings.php file.

Look for these lines:

$base_url = 'http://yourdomain.com';
$cookie_domain = 'yourdomain.com'

within the settings.php file.

Usually at: yourdomain.com/sites/default/settings.php

Remember to delete cookies from your browser and empty your browser cache before you try again.

Answer 3

Ok, you've solved your problem. I'm just trying to explain "how".

When you was logging in (with uid 1 or any user), the cookie was set on the wrong domain, but Drupal didn't know it. It thought you was logged in and redirect you to user/1. In this second request, browser sent an empty cookie and Drupal saw you as anonymous, which probably didn't have access user profiles permission and you got a 403.

Answer 4

This might be useful for you, if its not related to Drupal domain_cookies setting. https://drupal.stackexchange.com/a/266928/39462