# External SSO activated, can't revert it :-(
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-activated-cant-revert-it/112419
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 23, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-activated-cant-revert-it/112419 "2019-03-23T19:01:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@jhf2442](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jhf2442)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-activated-cant-revert-it/112419/1 "2019-03-23T19:01:02Z")
Hi,
I wanted to activate SSO to use discourse as an SSO provider for Mediawiki, but it looks like I’ve activated external SSO for discourse itself ☹
I’ve read oother threads describing workarounds, but they don’t work:
- SiteSettings.enable\_sso=false through ruby console → login form displays “unknown error” upon submission of user/password
- use backdoor /users/admin-login → blank screen with “[“BAD CSRF”]” after submiting the form
- selecting “resend password” in login form displays a 403 error in the dialog box upon submission
As I’ve logged out as admin (deleted all my cookies), I can’t access /logs to see if there’s some hint to be found there
So … anything I could do the regain access to my site ?
Many thanks
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-activated-cant-revert-it/112419/2 "2019-03-23T20:44:22Z")
You can disable SSO from the rails console or use the admin login path. Both are documented here on Meta if you use the search.
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### Author:  [@jhf2442](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jhf2442)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-activated-cant-revert-it/112419/3 "2019-03-23T20:51:20Z")
that’s what I did, but it still doesn’t work !
or is there another besides the ones I’ve listed in my original post ?
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### Author:  [@jhf2442](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jhf2442)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-activated-cant-revert-it/112419/4 "2019-03-23T20:52:07Z")
Correction, because I saw a typo: SiteSetting.enable\_sso (no s in Setting !)
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### Author:  [@jhf2442](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jhf2442)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-activated-cant-revert-it/112419/5 "2019-03-23T20:53:02Z")
and finally : SiteSetting.enable\_local\_logins = true also didn’t help
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-activated-cant-revert-it/112419/6 "2019-03-23T21:08:36Z")
Try `https:///u/admin-login/`
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### Author:  [@jhf2442](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jhf2442)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-activated-cant-revert-it/112419/7 "2019-03-23T21:14:37Z")
> [@jhf2442](#):
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> use backdoor /users/admin-login -\> blank screen with “[“BAD CSRF”]” after submiting the form
/u seems to be an alias to /users ☹
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-activated-cant-revert-it/112419/8 "2019-03-23T21:15:02Z")
How was this instance installed? What version is it?
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### Author:  [@jhf2442](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jhf2442)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-activated-cant-revert-it/112419/9 "2019-03-23T21:19:14Z")
docker container
2 days ago it was reported to be up to date in the admin panel (as I have no access to it I can’t cehck the version)
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### Author:  [@jhf2442](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jhf2442)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-activated-cant-revert-it/112419/10 "2019-03-25T14:25:09Z")
Problem worked around by restoring from a previous backup. Still no idea what went wrong ☹ but at least I have gained back access to my site
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-sso-activated-cant-revert-it/112419/11 "2019-04-24T14:25:30Z")
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