I added Protector and I think inadvertently blocked my own IP. In an attempt to repair I overwrote mainfile.php with the version before Protector installation. And I deleted the Protector module from my Xoops installation. I still cannot gain access, get a you are not authorized error message. I also uploaded at some point .htaccess but do not see that file on the server tree.

Will it be easier to reinstall Xoops and start from scratch?

MikeT

read it.
http://www.peak.ne.jp/xoops/md/xhnewbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=1108&forum=8&post_id=4119#f...

Commented OUT //exit, but still can't get access. Perhaps becuse I deleted Protector folder before doing this?

- check mainfile.php
- check .htaccess just under XOOPS_ROOT_PATH

if 403 or 500 error, check .htaccess in whole path again.

htaccess is the problem. But how to edit that file? My ftp client will not display htaccess. I see no htaccess in my server side tree.

I have deleted the initial installation of xoops and dropped the db table. But still get the same error which I assume is due to htaccess.

1st, check the configurations of the FTP client.
(about hidden files etc.)
not htaccess but .htaccess.

Contact to the admin of your server.
It's not a matter of Protector nor me.