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I have been getting the following error because I changed the database table prefix

You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.

The cause of the problem is that you have changed the database prefixes but still, some of the word press config is tied down to the previous prefix (wp_ or something)

Just execute the following two queries

-- Replace 'prefix_' with your actual prefix
UPDATE `prefix_usermeta` SET `meta_key` = REPLACE( `meta_key` , 'wp_', 'prefix_' );

-- Replace 'prefix_' with your actual prefix
UPDATE `prefix_options` SET `option_name` = 'prefix_user_roles' WHERE `option_name` ='wp_user_roles' AND `blog_id` =0;

Lately, I have been getting the following errors while running or attempting to run Tortoise SVN 1.5.6.14908 on my Windows Vista Business Edition.

So what I did was, download the latest Nightly Build from tortoise website and it solved the issue. Hope it helps somebody.

I just came up with this question today morning when I am not able to even check or see old mails in my Windows Live mail account.

I had previously blogged about Windows Live policies on the number of email per hour and you know what? I cannot even get ANY email pass through that server to my hotmail live account even though my domain (and all its IPs) are not blacklisted.

Check the screenshot that I have been redirected to since morning

jQuery Error, originally uploaded by asim.zeeshan.

I tried opening the jQuery documentation website for a reference and it was running into errors. I strongly feel that there should be an offline documentation with every release.

A Bug in WordPress v 2.5.1, originally uploaded by asim.zeeshan.

Excerpts from PHPCommunity

I discovered a BUG in WordPress Version 2.5.1, the forgot password sends you an email with the “key” that is supposed to generate a new email but the “key” itself contains characters like “&” which appends to the URL like query string and wordpress gives an error that the “key” is invalid.

Transfering Domain from TUCOWS, originally uploaded by asim.zeeshan.

What a programmer who has mentioned and probably coded many lines of code to check if the user has selected only “one of the given checkboxes”. I wonder why he could not think of using radio buttons instead. What a freak

Elance Blunder, originally uploaded by asim.zeeshan.

All the logos of the companies are shuffled up in this screenshot. What a blunder from one of the Largest Outsourcing platform

GoDaddy.com Problem, originally uploaded by asim.zeeshan.

I use GoDaddy.com for domains, sometimes, and this time when i opened Godaddy, it was showing me someone else’s personal information. I did not even heard of this person before in my life, which tells me its definately godaddy’s bug.

I sent an email to this guy and to godaddy and still no reply from either one till date.

ResellerClub.com Transecute Gateway Error, originally uploaded by asim.zeeshan.

Take  a look at this one. This is resellerclub.com, one of India’s largest domain registrar and this is what i get when i try to add funds … huh!! what a service.

What if there is a situation when you need to add funds to protect a domain from being deleted? is it really reliable !????

A post from my old blog (archives):

On May 5th 2005, we had to close our chat room because of some “bad users” getting into the chat room using the vulnerability in phpMyChat that allows a remote user to bypass authentication. I looked at the vendor’s website but to my surprise the development is put to a full stop. There was no official or unofficial patch for the above problem. While I was looking for a patch i found numerous security monitoring websites that has listed this and many other BUGS since June 2004 (almost a year ago). I was like;

“The security holes were discovered almost a year before but there is no, absolutely NO comment over that. An immediate patch is also missing. The point to note is that since 2002, phpMyChat is included in CPanel the most popular and widely used linux based hosting control panel.”

Luckily I found the Official Support Discussion List of phpMyChat, and i immediately posted my query there on 8th July, 2005 but to my surprise i got this reply

“I checked out the securityutracker.com and tried some of the exploits myself, and at leat the first script. None of them actually do anything. The first script reports a successful transaction, but I see that no actual changed take place in the database. I tried injecting some SQL too, and no luck. However, I still have to explore some of this further. The exploits DO allow somebody to see a user list without logging in. Big whoop. But then, I might be missing some steps, so don’t take this as saying that phpMyChat is secure.”

It seems that no one is paying attention to the serious/critical Vulnerabilities found in phpMyChat 0.14.x reported in June 2004 (last year). No patch is available both officially and unofficially. And i am surprized to see that no one here, even knows that these security holes exist in the software. The community and the admins are sleeping since years. I posted some replies and made them realize that this is not an ignorable issue and that they must wake-up and at least release a patch for it before they give me the
solution to replace it with another chat script.

Some of the websites that listed phpMyChat Vulnerabilities in detail are:

1. Security Tracker Alert for phpMyChat 0.14.x
2. PHPMyChat Vulnerabilities EXPLAINED with CODES
3. Secunia Vulnerability Report – phpMyChat 0.14.x
4. SecurityFocus Newsletter #254 dated 21st June 2004 (a year old, read section ’27′)
5. PHPMyChat Multiple Vulnerabilities

I hope i will get a satisfactory reply and a patch to fix the vulnerabilities.

Update: It really does not matter if phpMyChat works or not since i am using FlashChat for the last many months and i am satisfied with its performance.