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mack 
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 Topic: Couple more bugs found
Posted: 25 January 2006 at 11:55pm |
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OK I found two bugs. The first one is really a big issue.
Someone registered for forums, entered their information, and when they clicked submit this is what came up:
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Only members with sufficient permission can access this page.
A security error has occurred with authentication.
Please ensure that all cookies are enabled on your web browser, and you are not using a saved or cached copy of the page.
When it did finally create the account, they couldn't login because it gave the same error.
And for some reason.. it's not happening over and over. I tried it on MY PC, and I registered flawlessly. I tried on my server, and it FAILED. I refreshed, tried again, and it worked. So obviously it's screwed up within the Sessions/Cookies.
Another issue I found in the admin section is it keeps making click the "accept" dialog after, say, 2 minutes. This is VERY annoying especially while having to create new forum sections.. I had to keep accepting it, pushing back two times, then resubmitting the information. VERY annoying. Not sure if you lowered the session time or not, but this for sure needs to be fixed.
Thanks =)
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WebWiz-Bruce
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Posted: 26 January 2006 at 5:19pm |
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The first issue is an old one that effects all versions and is due to the users browser not accepting cookies for some reason.
I'm currently working on a system for version 8 that will append session ID's to links for those users it detects can not use cookies, this should fix this issue.
If you are having to accept the license all the time, then it sounds like the server is dropping the session for your site continually.
This could be coursed by an ASP application on your site using session.abandon (common in chartroom programs) or could indicate a more serious issue with the servers app pool continually recycling. Also check that your host isn't using win2k3 farm on it's app pools.
Again, this is very simular to the cookie issue, as sessions use session cookies on the users browser, so the new session ID system should address this problem.
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Posted: 26 January 2006 at 8:17pm |
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The first bug acted weird though. I ensure you that cookies were enabled, as I created the account via the admin panel myself and they logged in fine.
You were right about the application pool settings. What I did on my server is I setup a "websites" and a "forums" application pool. The forums app pool is larger, and lasts longer. The Websites pool is way smaller, and is made to use less memory. I did this recently. I just checked in IIS and found out that my application pool for the forum was set to WEBSITE pool, not the FORUM pool. This SHOULD fix the issue, I'm sure it will.
Thanks -boRg-, keep up your work.
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WebWiz-Bruce
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Posted: 27 January 2006 at 8:53am |
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Apps in theory shouldn't ever need to be recycled, but in reality it is always good.
I set the app pool for this site to recycle at 2am each morning, when traffic is lower and thus less adverse effect.
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