My S2Member htaccess file has "deny all"

I have been having problems with my website, and I had a sneaking suspicion it might be S2Member’s incompatibility with the latest Buddypress (1.7) that I am using. it just happened very recently after the Buddypress upgrade, and it has to do with my wp-admin page. i can’t directly access my admin dashboard. I have to go in through any other page, but not that one. Now something else has been affected that also is somehow linked to my not being completely recognized (probably through S2Member) as an admin. This just appeared this morning.

The htaccess file that I have within the S2Member “includes” folder has the following (only):

deny all.

Is this what is causing my problem, and if so, what code SHOULD I be having in there? I have upgraded to the latest version of S2Member & S2Member pro (Version 130406 + s2Member® Pro v130406). This is really screwing up my site. It’s not the plugins, because I tested for that already. Thanks in advance for all your help!

Maria

The htaccess file that I have within the S2Member “includes” folder has the following (only):

deny all.

I believe you’re talking about the deny from all command that s2Member uses. This is to prevent Users or bots from firing s2Member’s included PHP and JavaScript files. This shouldn’t be affecting anything through PHP or other server-side scripts because it’s only blocking Users coming from HTTP/HTTPS (i.e. through their browser).

Could you post the exact error you’re getting?

it’s the following:

You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.

This is what I receive when I log in to the site through wp-admin to get into my dashboard. Just started happening a few days ago.

Maria

s2Member doesn’t manage access to the admin area, so it’s something else causing it.

Have tried deactivating plugins one by one and trying after each if the problem is gone? Or you can create a separate test installation of WP and start adding plugins one by one until you reproduce the problem. Knowledge Base » Common Troubleshooting Tips

If you say it started after BuddyPress’ update, I’d try that one first.

I’ll try again, and do it one at a time. Thanks so much Cristian! I’ll let everyone know what happens.

Hi:

I was using a plugin called Bad Behavior, and I just deactivated it and tried again, and it works! So I guess that was the culprit. Thanks for all your help!

Maria

Great! Thanks for the update! :)