Im using centos. I had a problem, Magento frontend and admin login doesn’t work and loops back to login with no message.
This happens because of session cookie problem.
I solved this problem by installing ntp
In your shell type the below command to install ntp # yum install ntp Turn on ntp service # chkconfig ntpd on Synchronize system clock with 0.pool.ntp.org server: # ntpdate pool.ntp.org Start the NTP service: # /etc/init.d/ntpd start
Now check whether this has solved the cookie problem. If not try the following. comment the below lines in "/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Session/Abstract/Varien.php".
if (!$cookieParams['httponly']) { unset($cookieParams['httponly']); if (!$cookieParams['secure']) { unset($cookieParams['secure']); if (!$cookieParams['domain']) { unset($cookieParams['domain']); } } } if (isset($cookieParams['domain'])) { $cookieParams['domain'] = $cookie->getDomain(); }