You do not have access to this functionality. Please provide the value for "urlsecret" from your config.php file as part of the URL.

Patch for "master" branch: https://reviews.mahara.org/6225

Reviewed: https://reviews.mahara.org/6225
Committed: https://git.mahara.org/mahara/mahara/commit/98bf9cf5d56737be840a34b332e7b46b03cb57e1
Submitter: Robert Lyon (<email address hidden>)
Branch: master

commit 98bf9cf5d56737be840a34b332e7b46b03cb57e1
Author: Son Nguyen <email address hidden>
Date: Tue Mar 22 17:21:31 2016 +1300

Bug 1560317. Add urlsecret into the installation form.

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Change-Id: I9c0c82dd9c788bcab1ec1efb6cd1a2cba688e887

I'm stuck with exactly the same problem, when trying to upgrade from 15.10.2 to 16.04.1. Mahara don't allows me to log in using an admin account and to start the upgrade process. I'm getting only this information:

You do not have access to this functionality. Please provide the value for "urlsecret" from your config.php file as part of the URL

I appreciate for any suggestion.

With best regards
Paul

Hi, same issue
Today, i tried to upgrade to 16.04.1, i get the same error
"You do not have access to this functionality. Please provide the value for "urlsecret" from your config.php file as part of the URL. "
I can't find any urlsecret from my config.php
Thanks for your support
Emilie

Hi Emilie and Paul,

Please see http://manual.mahara.org/en/16.04/administration/config_php.html#new-in-mahara-16-04-urlsecret-run-the-cron-or-upgrade-only-when-you-are-authorised

or the config-defaults.php page in /lib for more information.

You will need to provide this value in your config.php file and add it to the end of your upgrade URL when you are asked for it.

On a testing site you could disable this functionality and say

$cfg->urlsecret = null;

but we would not recommend that for a production site. That's why we implemented this safeguard. ;-) It's to prevent unauthorized people from running the cron or an upgrade.

Cheers
Kristina

Hi Kristina
Thanks a lot, our mahara is now upgraded to 16.04.1 :-)

I filed bug 1595793 to improve documentation of the urlsecret feature.