Title: AUTH_KEY Problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# AUTH_KEY Problems

 *  [cothrun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cothrun/)
 * (@cothrun)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auth_key-problems/)
 * I just upgraded from 2.5 to 2.7 and ran into an issue adding the secret keys.
 * I performed the upgrade (including database upgrade) before adding the secret
   keys to my wp-config.php file. After adding them I get permissions errors logging
   in (“You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.”). I’ve narrowed
   it down to the AUTH_KEY, define it and I’m locked out, comment it out and I’m
   in the admin panel.
 * Things I’ve tried:
    Deleting Cookies Deleting Cookies on multiple browsers Manually
   checking some user database entries Deactivating Plugins (they’re all deactivated
   from the upgrade) Default Theme
 * Things I haven’t tried:
    Fresh install
 * Any thoughts or ideas? I’m guessing that I should have added the keys before 
   the database upgrade?

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 *  [sjaakzwart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sjaakzwart/)
 * (@sjaakzwart)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auth_key-problems/#post-943689)
 * The solution is quite simple and stupid.
    make sure that the AUTH_KEY and other
   keys part come right after: define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”); and not somewhere else in
   the wp-config.php file. That fixed it for me.

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## Tags

 * [permissions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permissions/)
 * [upgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upgrade/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [sjaakzwart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sjaakzwart/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auth_key-problems/#post-943689)
 * Status: not resolved

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