# Problem with login after upgrade to V18.0.0

**URL:** <https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159>\
**Category:** Installing my Dolibarr\
**Created:** [August 18, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159 "2023-08-18T14:42:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 19\
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**Author:** ![nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/user_avatar/www.dolibarr.org/nemprinter/32/433_2.png) [@nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/nemprinter)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/1 "2023-08-18T14:42:56Z")

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it is giving an error “Unknown column ‘flagdelsessionsbefore’ in ‘field list’”  
this is after upgrade from V17.0.3 to V18.0.0 and system is Ubuntu V22.04.3  
with MariaDB and PHPv8.1.3

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**Author:** ![nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/user_avatar/www.dolibarr.org/nemprinter/32/433_2.png) [@nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/nemprinter)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/2 "2023-08-18T15:02:25Z")

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i found it my self it was related to user rights on server

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**Author:** ![piromanu](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@piromanu](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/piromanu)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/3 "2023-08-18T16:53:20Z")

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I wanted to update today so happy i didn’t. I’ll just wait a little. How did you solve it?

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**Author:** ![nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/user_avatar/www.dolibarr.org/nemprinter/32/433_2.png) [@nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/nemprinter)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/4 "2023-08-18T20:30:39Z")

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just change owner on all files in web folder

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**Author:** ![piromanu](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@piromanu](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/piromanu)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/5 "2023-08-18T21:30:08Z")

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do you mean permissions? or what? it’s not clear what owner should i change

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**Author:** ![nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/user_avatar/www.dolibarr.org/nemprinter/32/433_2.png) [@nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/nemprinter)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 7:08am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/6 "2023-08-19T07:08:00Z")

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i did this  
root@eksampel:/# chown -R www-data /usr/share/dolibarr/

remember to be superuser  
normal user= root@eksampel:/$  
super user = root@eksampel:/#

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**Author:** ![edupulpillo](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@edupulpillo](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/edupulpillo)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/7 "2023-12-11T03:17:19Z")

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> [@nemprinter](#):
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> user rights on server

how did you fix it? i have the same problem

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**Author:** ![nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/user_avatar/www.dolibarr.org/nemprinter/32/433_2.png) [@nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/nemprinter)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 6:00am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/8 "2023-12-11T06:00:13Z")

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i change owners on file in folder /usr/share/dolibarr/

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**Author:** ![refedo](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/user_avatar/www.dolibarr.org/refedo/32/3533_2.png) [@refedo](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/refedo)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/9 "2024-05-23T21:44:35Z")

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How to change user rights if anyone has solved the issue?

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**Author:** ![nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/user_avatar/www.dolibarr.org/nemprinter/32/433_2.png) [@nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/nemprinter)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/10 "2024-05-24T04:43:02Z")

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what system are we talking about

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**Author:** ![refedo](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/user_avatar/www.dolibarr.org/refedo/32/3533_2.png) [@refedo](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/refedo)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/11 "2024-05-25T10:08:09Z")

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Now i have upgraded to Dolibarr 19.0.2 and I’m facing  
Unknown column ‘flagdelsessionsbefore’ in ‘field list’

Anyone came through this issue and solved it?

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**Author:** ![Metzo](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@Metzo](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/Metzo)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/12 "2024-07-21T12:32:49Z")

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Hello  
I face the same issue after upgrading dto V190.2.  
message error : Unknown column ‘flagdelsessionsbefore’ in ‘field list’  
Can anyone help to fix this issue ?  
I read also previous help but i can’t understand how to fix it.  
Thanks for your help

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**Author:** ![nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/user_avatar/www.dolibarr.org/nemprinter/32/433_2.png) [@nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/nemprinter)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/13 "2024-07-21T13:50:23Z")

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what operation system are you using

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**Author:** ![nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/user_avatar/www.dolibarr.org/nemprinter/32/433_2.png) [@nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/nemprinter)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/14 "2024-07-21T13:55:15Z")

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i can see you are using [Lws.fr](http://Lws.fr) hosting you have to change ownership of files

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**Author:** ![Metzo](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@Metzo](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/Metzo)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/15 "2024-07-21T13:57:48Z")

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Thank a lot.  
Do you have an idea how i can do that ?

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**Author:** ![nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/user_avatar/www.dolibarr.org/nemprinter/32/433_2.png) [@nemprinter](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/nemprinter)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/16 "2024-07-21T14:27:52Z")

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i think you shut contact [LWS.fr](http://LWS.fr) and see if they have a help forum that can guide you to change ownership of file

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**Author:** ![Metzo](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@Metzo](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/Metzo)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/17 "2024-07-21T14:40:42Z")

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Thank a lot. i will ask them

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**Author:** ![JRoch](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@JRoch](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/JRoch)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 8:45am UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/18 "2025-02-06T08:45:55Z")

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Hello,

I have the same problem :  
I updated Dolibarr from v17 to v20. The updates went well but I got this message on the login page:

Unknown column ‹ flagdelsessionsbefore › in ‹ field list ›

I can’t go any further.

Dolibarr is installed on my web hosting  
**Database server:**

```
Server: Localhost via UNIX socket
Server type: MariaDB
Connecting to the server: SSL is not used
Server version: 10.11.6-MariaDB-0+deb12u1 - Debian 12
Protocol version: 10
Server character set: UTF-8 Unicode (utf8mb4)

```

**Web server**

```
Apache/2.4.62 (Debian)
Database client version: libmysql - mysqlnd 8.2.26
PHP extension: mysqli mbstring sodium
PHP version: 8.2.26

```

**phpMyAdmin**

```
Version: 5.2.1

```

I tried 2 update methods:

```
With the AutoUpgrade extension AutoUpgrade Module/Update
Manually by overwriting the v20 files on my FTP

```

I arrive at the same result.  
What files need to be modified legally? I have to start the update again and if so how?

Thank you very much for your help

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**Author:** ![cbarbozac](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@cbarbozac](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/u/cbarbozac)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://www.dolibarr.org/forum/t/problem-with-login-after-upgrade-to-v18-0-0/24159/19 "2025-02-13T20:50:34Z")

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Hello JROCh.

I resolved this same problem with update 16.04 version to 20.02 ( Feb 2025 ) directly. We I did this process, the Indexpage show me 3 erros:

1. Unkown column “flagdelsessionsbefore” in “Select”

This column must exist in llx\_user so it is necessary to add it. Please check your llx\_user table first and if it does not exist, please proceed.

- DESCRIBE llx\_user;  
If dont not exits flagdelsessionsbefore colum pĺease add:

- ALTER TABLE llx\_user MODIFY COLUMN flagdelsessionsbefore DATETIME DEFAULT NULL;

1. Please repeate the same the process ( in your index page or Login Page) if show Alert now with Unknown column "email\_oauth2 " in Select

- ALTER TABLE llx\_user ADD COLUMN email\_oauth2 VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL;

1. And the lastone, with the Unkown column "note\_private ":

- ALTER TABLE llx\_user ADD COLUMN note\_private TEXT DEFAULT NULL;

With the above, I simply had access to the platform with the new version.

Best Regards,
