Mambo Guestbook has been hacked

When I go to “Manage Entries” I am redirected to another page which is not in our site.

Solution:

1. Login to your mysql database

% mysql -u root -p

2. Enter the root password when prompted.

3. Open the mambo database

mysql> use <mambo_database_name>

4. Display all entries of mos_guestbook table

mysql> select * from mos_guestbook;

5. Note the id of the invalid entry.

6. Delete the invalid entry.

mysql> delete from mos_guestbook where id=”<id_invalid_entry>”;

7. Repeat steps 4 to 6 as needed the quit

mysql> quit

Mhonarc Warning: Database (2.6.8) != program (2.6.16) version.

I upgraded mhonarc to the latest version and I got this error message

Warning: Database (2.6.8) != program (2.6.16) version.

Solution:

Execute mha-dbedit

# mha-dbedit

How do I skip OpenOffice.org Document Recovery?

Every time I open OpenOffice.org I get the “OpenOffice.org Document Recovery” window. When I click on the “Start Recovery” button, recovery of some files fail. These files are always presented when I run OpenOffice.org. I want to skip this step since the files are no longer needed.

Solution:

Remove the Recovery.xcu file in the ~user/.openoffice.org2/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office directory

Facile Forms and Mambo

When I upgraded to Mambo 4.6.2 I had problems viewing my forms.

Error message displayed on the Page Layout window:
You are not authorized to view this resource.
You need to login.

Solution:

Changed the “Run backend preview in a iframe” to “no” in the configuration

Zoom Media Gallery and Mambo

When I upgraded to Mambo 4.6.2 I had problems accessing my gallery.

Error Message:
You are not authorized to view this resource.
You need to login.

Solution:

The itemid of the gallery has changed.
To list all the available galleries, visit http://<website>/index.php?option=com_zoom&itemid=&catid=0 and click the gallery you want then note the itemid.