Magento Admin Panel URL change not taking effect. - magento

I am attempting to update the admin panel url.
I edited app/etc/local.xml and changed the following line to the desired name:
<frontName><![CDATA[admin]]></frontName>
I then went to my Magento root and cleared the cache by running rm -rf var/cache/*
This exact process worked beautifully when I first tested on my remote staging server, it updated to the new URL immediately. However, there was absolutely no change when I attempted it on my live site. The admin panel still showed up when I visited www.mysite.com/admin.
I had a short window of time when the traffic to our website is low and nobody is actively using the admin panel, so I changed the name back to admin and cleared the cache again after my change did not take effect.
Any ideas what might have gone wrong?

Take a look here.
http://www.pixlpitch.com/3-ways-to-change-magento-admin-path/
I personally used step 3
another way is to change from the admin itself.Goto System→Config→Admin→Admin Base Url→Use Custom Admin Path, set yes. Set new admin path in Custom admin path text field and save.

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Open Magento admin panel
Go to System>Cache Management
Check all Cache types and in the Actions box select refresh
Then select all Cache types and in the Actions box select disable
Also click Flush Magento Cache and Flush Cache Storage buttons
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‘CMS Home Page’. Also check:
System/Configuration -> Design – Packages /that your ‘Template’ is listed under
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Login to your Magento MySQL database.
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clear out var/cache and try to log in. For me, it worked.
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Clear cookies or use an incognito window
Try another browser
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Clear Magento cache, full_page_cache, and session directories in the magento/var/ directory (and repeat 1 and 2)
Truncate the core_session table
Verify your Magento has correct memory settings
Check Magento system.log and exception.log files and debug
Check PHP's error logs and debug
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Also, make sure to set correct cookie options in:
System > Configuration > Web > Cookie Settings
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