Situation:
Expression Engine v2.6.1 - Build Date: 20130506
I have a live server and a dev server. They are identical.
The problem
On the live site, members cannot login on the front end. I can login with my admin un/pw to the control panel, but I cannot via the front end. When I try to login I am taken to the homepage of the site and I am not logged in.
The front end doesn't recognise that I am logged in in the control panel either.
All of this has just started today. No changes have been made.
The dev server works as it should (logs in fine)
I have tried
To solve this issue I have tried:
- Changing the session options security settings
- Deleted cookies and browser history etc
- Setting a cookie name .example.com
- Checking to see if the front end recognises me as logged in to the control panel (it doesn't)
I have set up a basic form to test logging in away from the main front-end code. Here is the form:
{exp:member:login_form return="http://www.exmaple.com/some_test"} <p> <label>Username</label><br> <input type="text" name="username" value="" maxlength="32" size="25"> </p> <p> <label>Password</label><br> <input type="password" name="password" value="" maxlength="32" size="25"> </p> <p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"></p>
{/exp:member:login_form}
Everything works on the dev site as expected. On the live site (using the test above) I try to login and it just re-routes me to homepage and doesn't log me in.
My question
Apart from updating the CMS, what would be you recommend doing next?
This issue exists on Chrome, FF and Safari on Win7 and Mac 10.9