https://whmcs.community/topic/299294-login-redirects-to-clientareaphp/
Login redirects to clientarea.php - Developer Corner - WHMCS.Community
So just come accross this issue which seems to pop up every nw and again when whmcs is updated. Everything was working fine prior to the update we did to 7.9...
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