Re: [Phpwiki-talk] Questions about authentification

[Tom C. <li...@to...>]

On Wednesday 28 Jul 2004 08:37, ru...@x-... wrote:
> > I'm getting in a real muddle here. I abandoned database auth, and went
> > with  file. I've got my htpasswd file set-up, and it seems to be working
> > with  PhpWiki. But the behaviour is completely useless.
> >
> > If I go to a page I have permission to edit, and sign in, it tells me by
> > the  sign in box that I am "Authenticated as community". If I then try
> > to edit the  page, it asks me to login again, saying: "Editing pages is
> > disallowed on this  wiki for not authenticated user 'community' (level:
> > ANON)." So I login,  change the page, and hit the submit button. It asks
> > me to login *again*,  which I do, and it works. Now, by the sign in box
> > it tells me "You are signed  but not authenticated as community". So I
> > have to sign in *again* to do  anything else.
>
> Simple answer:
> Your sessions are lost. Try the other DB_SESSION options.
> If this doesn't work also, report your version, database backend and php
> version.

OK, I have the following options:
DATABASE_SESSION_TABLE = session
AUTH_SESS_USER = userid
AUTH_SESS_LEVEL = 2

I don't see an option 'DB_SESSION' anywhere in the config files, in case you 
were refering to a specific option.

I monitored the session table while I logged in with the "community" login, 
and it looks like it's getting the SQL queries wrong, because it came up with 
this entry:

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| 2b9f79f7c1ff5d03f930e67dd62d55e2 |wiki_user|O:13:"_filepassuser":11:
{s:7:"_userid";s:9:"community";s:6:"_level";i:2;s:6:"_prefs";O:15:"userpreferences":4:
{s:6:"_prefs";a:13:{s:6:"userid";O:15:"_userpreference":2:
{s:13:"default_value";s:0:"";s:6:"userid";s:9:"community";}s:6:"passwd";O:15:"_userpreference":1:
{s:13:"default_value";s:0:"";}s:9:"autologin";O:20:"_userpreference_bool":1:
{s:13:"default_value";b:0;}s:5:"email";O:21:"_userpreference_email":1:
{s:13:"default_value";s:0:"";}s:11:"notifyPages";O:22:"_userpreference_notify":1:
{s:13:"default_value";s:0:"";}s:5:"theme";O:21:"_userpreference_theme":1:
{s:13:"default_value";s:3:"SDC";}s:4:"lang";O:24:"_userpreference_language":1:
{s:13:"default_value";s:2:"en";}s:9:"editWidth";O:19:"_userpreference_int":3:
{s:13:"default_value";d:80;s:7:"_minval";d:30;s:7:"_maxval";d:150;}s:11:"noLinkIcons";O:20:"_userpreference_bool":1:
{s:13:"default_value";b:0;}s:10:"editHeight";O:19:"_userpreference_int":3:
{s:13:"default_value";d:22;s:7:"_minval";d:5;s:7:"_maxval";d:22;}s:10:"timeOffset";O:23:"_userpreference_numeric":3:
{s:13:"default_value";d:0;s:7:"_minval";d:-26;s:7:"_maxval";d:26;}s:13:"relativeDates";O:20:"_userpreference_bool":1:
{s:13:"default_value";b:0;}s:10:"googleLink";O:20:"_userpreference_bool":1:
{s:13:"default_value";b:0;}}s:7:"_method";s:3:"SQL";s:7:"_select";s:38:"SELECT 
prefs FROM pref WHERE userid=%s";s:7:"_update";s:40:"REPLACE INTO pref SET 
prefs=%s,userid=%s";}s:15:"_current_method";N;s:14:"_current_index";N;s:5:"_file";O:11:"file_passwd":6:
{s:8:"filename";s:23:"/www/htpasswd/passwords";s:5:"users";a:1:
{s:9:"community";s:13:"p0s/yKSwCtGrI";}s:3:"cvs";N;s:6:"fplock";N;s:6:"locked";N;s:8:"lockfile";s:28:"/www/htpasswd/passwords.lock";}s:11:"_may_change";b:0;s:11:"_authmethod";s:4:"File";s:8:"_authhow";s:6:"signin";s:4:"page";s:8:"HomePage";s:6:"action";s:6:"browse";} 
| 1091009539 | 62.252.64.13  |
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Whilst the admin sessions look like this:
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| c6e6d45623d1b1203b578f135b53928b | | 1091007492 | 212.137.57.25 |
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Regards,
Tom