Re: [Koha] koha requiring constant login/authentification
On 2003-08-07 14:30:32 +0100 Matthias & Melanie Kasimir <wahr@epost.de> <genesis@gmx.net> wrote:
Yes, I tested it with and without accepting cookies. The behaviour does not change. :-(
After trying to log in, do you see any cookies set by "server:8888" in your browser? (In Mozilla, look in the cookie manager. Other browsers, consult your manual.) I suspect a cookie is being set for an incorrect name, so the browser doesn't return it to the server, so the server doesn't know you are already logged in. Please note the correct list reply address. (no -admin in it). Thanks, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ jabber://slef@jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ Thought: Edwin A Abbott wrote about trouble with Windows in 1884
Hello!
After trying to log in, do you see any cookies set by "server:8888" in your browser? (In Mozilla, look in the cookie manager. Other browsers, consult your manual.) I suspect a cookie is being set for an incorrect name, so the browser doesn't return it to the server, so the server doesn't know you are already logged in.
Ok, there is a cookie in the cookie manager. It is not marked with the port, just the hostname, which is not a FQDN, just the name of the box (server). It is a session-id which expires at the end of the session. Thus the browser should be treating koha correctly. It would have been so easy :-( Greetings, Matthias
I was experiencing the same problem with IE6, but not with Mozilla. That implies the problem is one with IE6 and may still be a cookie problem even though it is not apparent by inspecting the HTTP_COOKIE environmental variable. In my case cookies from koha were being blocked for some reason. In IE6 check View/Privacy Report, then find the path to koha. If the word "blocked" is found beside the URL, then hightligt that line, and click on the summary button. Click the radio button that says "Always allow this site to use cookies," and click OK. That, at least, took care of having to enter a UserID and password for every screen in koha. Tom Madron At 05:15 PM 8/7/2003 +0200, Matthias & Melanie Kasimir <wahr@epost.de> wrote:
Hello!
After trying to log in, do you see any cookies set by "server:8888" in your browser? (In Mozilla, look in the cookie manager. Other browsers, consult your manual.) I suspect a cookie is being set for an incorrect name, so the browser doesn't return it to the server, so the server doesn't know you are already logged in.
Ok, there is a cookie in the cookie manager. It is not marked with the port, just the hostname, which is not a FQDN, just the name of the box (server). It is a session-id which expires at the end of the session.
Thus the browser should be treating koha correctly. It would have been so easy :-(
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Subj: koha still requiring constant login/authentification Hello! Thanks for all the help so far. All answers were pointing to the client not accepting cookies. I have made sure, that the clients do accept cookies by 1) allowing all cookies from everyone (just for a test) 2) allowing explicitly all cookies from the koha server (by IP) 3) testing the above with Mozilla 1.4 and IE6SP1
That implies the problem is one with IE6 and may still be a cookie problem even though it is not apparent by inspecting the HTTP_COOKIE environmental variable.
What is that? On the client or the koha-server?
In my case cookies from koha were being blocked for some reason.
Are there any other places to look for a fault? On the server? Could the permissions have been set too strict? Where could I check that? All help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot! Mat
Matthias & Melanie Kasimir <wahr@epost.de> <genesis@gmx.net> wrote:
3) testing the above with Mozilla 1.4 and IE6SP1
This is interesting. Both are acting *exactly* the same? [...]
In my case cookies from koha were being blocked for some reason. Are there any other places to look for a fault? On the server?
Look in the koha and apache log files, but I doubt that you'll get many hints from it. You never know, though. It is possible that Apache hasn't been told its correct ServerName or something, but I doubt that would cause this problem. Sorry not to be more help. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ jabber://slef@jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ Thought: Edwin A Abbott wrote about trouble with Windows in 1884
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