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Re: [Webcollab-users] update 2.61->2.70 : can't log

[Andrew S. <and...@co...>]

On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:14:01 +0100
Simon GARESTE <sim...@sc...> wrote:

> Hi,
> On an Ubuntu 9.3.
> 
> I'm upgrading our version of webcollab from 2.61 to 2.70. As specified, 
> I changed the config.php file, went on the site at mysite/setup.php, was 
> asked to log as an admin, which I did successfully (meaning that the 
> database is correct up to there), did not wish to create a new database 
> since I had one already functioning, set up my configuration (below is 
> the login part configuration), wrote changes in the file (successfully 
> as well, everything was "tagged" OK, config.php was then with "N" for 
> web_config). Then I get to the login page, enter my login/password (same 
> as the ones I used as admin at first), and just can't log in, it gets 
> back to the login page. I checked /var/log/apache2/mysite/error.log, 
> where my apache configuration writes the stuff, nothing.
> 

The debugging log will appear on the screen and be emailed to the admin.  What you have done sounds to be correct,
though after that it is rather strange.

When you say after login it just goes back to the the login page, does it go to an error message first, or just back to
the login page?

1. Attempted logins with either no username or password (or neither) will just go straight back to the login screen.

2. Failed logins will give an error first, then go back to the login screen.

3. Problems with the database will give an error message.

If you do have the first option (1.) then it is either a problem with the index.php file (corrupted?), or that somehow
that the HTTP POST is not making it to WebCollab.  Neither sounds very likely though.

You could also try running update.php (it won't update, but it will run and verify your login), and changing the config
file to accept web logins and seeing if it will accept your login.

Andrew

[Webcollab-users] update 2.61->2.70 : can't log

[Simon G. <sim...@sc...>]

Hi,
On an Ubuntu 9.3.

I'm upgrading our version of webcollab from 2.61 to 2.70. As specified, 
I changed the config.php file, went on the site at mysite/setup.php, was 
asked to log as an admin, which I did successfully (meaning that the 
database is correct up to there), did not wish to create a new database 
since I had one already functioning, set up my configuration (below is 
the login part configuration), wrote changes in the file (successfully 
as well, everything was "tagged" OK, config.php was then with "N" for 
web_config). Then I get to the login page, enter my login/password (same 
as the ones I used as admin at first), and just can't log in, it gets 
back to the login page. I checked /var/log/apache2/mysite/error.log, 
where my apache configuration writes the stuff, nothing.

Is there any place where you keep logs, have you any clue about how come 
it's not working? Where does the debug info go (not on my screen, 
apparently :p)?

my virtual host for the site only contains (that might be relevant)
<directory /path/to/mysite>
         Order allow,deny
         Allow from all
         AllowOverride All
</directory>

the login/error part of the config.php file :

   //session timeout in hours
   define('SESSION_TIMEOUT', 168 );

   //Use external webserver authorisation to login (values are 'N', or 'Y')
   define('WEB_AUTH', 'N' );

   //Show passwords in user edit screens as plain text or hidden 
('****') (values are 'text', or 'password')
   define('PASS_STYLE', 'password' );

   //Stop GUEST users from changing their login details or posting in 
the forums (values are 'N', or 'Y')
   define('GUEST_LOCKED', 'N' );

//ERROR DEBUGGER

   //If an error occurs, who do you want the error to be mailed to ?
   define('EMAIL_ERROR', 'sim...@sc...' );

   //show full debugging messages on the screen when errors occur 
(values are 'N', or 'Y')
   define('DEBUG', 'Y' );

   //Do not show full error message on the screen - just a 'sorry, try 
again' message (values are 'N', or 'Y')
   define('NO_ERROR', 'N' );

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Re: [Webcollab-users] Active Directory Authentication

[Douglas L. <ds...@lo...>]

Yeah, I'd definitely be willing to help out any way I can. Webcollab is
great and this is the only thing I'm going to get push-back about from
management. Thanks!

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 2:28 AM, Andrew Simpson <
and...@co...> wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:07:08 -0600
> Douglas Land <ds...@lo...> wrote:
>
> > Nothing that I've read seems to indicate LDAP/AD auth support in
> webcollab.
> > Has anyone had any experience with this? Thanks.
> >
>
> No, there isn't support for LDAP/AD auth.  Having said that it looks very
> easy to add - only a few lines of code.
>
> Would you be interested in testing this, if it was added to the code base?
>  I don't have ready access to LDAP/AD.
>
> Andrew
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Re: [Webcollab-users] Active Directory Authentication

[Andrew S. <and...@co...>]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:07:08 -0600
Douglas Land <ds...@lo...> wrote:

> Nothing that I've read seems to indicate LDAP/AD auth support in webcollab.
> Has anyone had any experience with this? Thanks.
> 

No, there isn't support for LDAP/AD auth.  Having said that it looks very easy to add - only a few lines of code.

Would you be interested in testing this, if it was added to the code base?  I don't have ready access to LDAP/AD.

Andrew

[Webcollab-users] Active Directory Authentication

[Douglas L. <ds...@lo...>]

Nothing that I've read seems to indicate LDAP/AD auth support in webcollab.
Has anyone had any experience with this? Thanks.

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[Webcollab-users] WebCollab 2.70 (May Queen) released!!

[Andrew S. <and...@pa...>]

Hello all,

I am pleased to announce the release of WebCollab 2.70 (May Queen):

This version includes improvements to the appearance and use of the
calendar pages, and a simple javascript editing tool for the formatting
of text in boxes.

The javascript editor adds bbcodes to the text in the text box.  In
common with many web-based programs, WebCollab then 'reads' the bbcode
and translates to HTML on output.  Using bbcode removes the security
problems associated with accepting HTML in text inputs.

The usual minor bugfixes and small coding improvements have also been
made in this release.

Enjoy!

Andrew Simpson 

Re: [Webcollab-users] Icon not working

[Andrew S. <and...@co...>]

On Mon, 17 May 2010 08:14:40 -0700 (PDT)
nsak <sa...@ap...> wrote:

> 
> Thanks Andrew,
> 
> what does this practically mean? will there be a new javascript soon?
> 
> many thanks- Nikos
> 
> 
> Andrew Simpson-5 wrote:
> > 

Yes, it does. Probably best to read the forum post, which is here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/webcollab/forums/forum/259153/topic/3709190

You need to get the new file from the Subversion SVN.  The new file should fix
your problem.

Andrew

Re: [Webcollab-users] Icon not working

[nsak <sa...@ap...>]

Thanks Andrew,

what does this practically mean? will there be a new javascript soon?

many thanks- Nikos


Andrew Simpson-5 wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 13 May 2010 03:29:29 -0700 (PDT)
> nsak <sa...@ap...> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hello, 
>> 
>> in forums, whenever a message is big, it is shortened and an icon
>> appears.
>> Unfortunately, when this icon is clicked the rest of the message will not
>> appear on the screen. I attach a screenshot to make clear which icon this
>> is
>> about
>> 
>> many thanks, Nikos http://old.nabble.com/file/p28545898/icon.jpg 
> 
> Hi Nikos,
> 
> I've already replied to your post on the forums, but just replying here as
> well.
> 
> I've done a commit to Subversion SVN repository which hopefully will
> provide a
> workaround for this problem.  Previously the javascript did not degrade
> nicely
> if javascript was 'off'.
> 
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Re: [Webcollab-users] Icon not working

[Andrew S. <and...@co...>]

On Thu, 13 May 2010 03:29:29 -0700 (PDT)
nsak <sa...@ap...> wrote:

> 
> Hello, 
> 
> in forums, whenever a message is big, it is shortened and an icon appears.
> Unfortunately, when this icon is clicked the rest of the message will not
> appear on the screen. I attach a screenshot to make clear which icon this is
> about
> 
> many thanks, Nikos http://old.nabble.com/file/p28545898/icon.jpg 

Hi Nikos,

I've already replied to your post on the forums, but just replying here as
well.

I've done a commit to Subversion SVN repository which hopefully will provide a
workaround for this problem.  Previously the javascript did not degrade nicely
if javascript was 'off'.

Andrew 

[Webcollab-users] Icon not working

[nsak <sa...@ap...>]

Hello, 

in forums, whenever a message is big, it is shortened and an icon appears.
Unfortunately, when this icon is clicked the rest of the message will not
appear on the screen. I attach a screenshot to make clear which icon this is
about

many thanks, Nikos http://old.nabble.com/file/p28545898/icon.jpg 
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Re: [Webcollab-users] admin user/password problem

[Andrew S. <and...@pa...>]

On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:56:22 +0330
Medicine <me...@gm...> wrote:

> I cant enter my admin page in setup period.
> www.----.com/setup.php
> it dont accept user/pass
> i cant solve this problem in sourceforg
> has it any default password?
> please help me
> Medi

Hi Medi,

You need to give me a bit more information.  

Is this during the initial set up (i.e the first time you've set up
WebCollab)?

Or, have you set up WebCollab and now want to change the set up?

Andrew

 

[Webcollab-users] admin user/password problem

[Medicine <me...@gm...>]

I cant enter my admin page in setup period.
www.----.com/setup.php
it dont accept user/pass
i cant solve this problem in sourceforg
has it any default password?
please help me
Medi

[Webcollab-users] WebCollab 2.61 (Bodicea) released!

[Andrew S. <and...@pa...>]

Hi all,

I am pleased to announce the release of WebCollab 2.61.

This follows the recent release of WebCollab 2.60.  This previous
release didn't get advertised too much, because soon after release, a
couple of annoying bugs quickly became apparent.

WebCollab has a new logo; there are few bugfixes and some useful code
optimisations.

Enjoy!

Andrew 

 

Re: [Webcollab-users] project cloning

[Andrew S. <and...@pa...>]

On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:27:45 -0700 (PDT)
"<bj>" wrote:

> 
> As a small non-profit, we have a core of about 8 projects that are very
> repetitive from year to year.  At the completion of our first year after
> implementing webcollab, I just started to clone projects for the upcoming
> year.  While sub-task completion dates get updated based on project
> end-date, status does not - they are all noted as 'done' with last year's
> completion dates.  Am I missing something or do I need to do this through
> mysql?  Would this be a possible future enhancement?
> 
> Thanks for any insights!
> 
> - bj

Hi bj,

Yes, having looked at the code, you are quite right.  The code is smart
enough to adjust all the deadline dates forward (or back), by the
amount specified.  However the task status fields are left as is, that
is just copied straight across.

I seem to remember it's a compromise design choice:  Which ever way
it's configured, not everyone will like it!

I think it would be reasonably straightforward for you to adjust the
code to make all cloned tasks as 'new'.  I can point you in that
direction if you wish.

Andrew   

[Webcollab-users] project cloning

[<bj> <bj...@so...>]

As a small non-profit, we have a core of about 8 projects that are very
repetitive from year to year.  At the completion of our first year after
implementing webcollab, I just started to clone projects for the upcoming
year.  While sub-task completion dates get updated based on project
end-date, status does not - they are all noted as 'done' with last year's
completion dates.  Am I missing something or do I need to do this through
mysql?  Would this be a possible future enhancement?

Thanks for any insights!

- bj
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Re: [Webcollab-users] visibility of project users

[nsak <sa...@ap...>]

thats super Andrew:-)

should have noticed

I have to confess; never seen such a large value of essence/frills as in
webcollab

my best regards, Nikos
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Re: [Webcollab-users] visibility of project users

[Andrew S. <and...@pa...>]

On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:10:52 -0700 (PDT)
nsak <sa...@ap...> wrote:

> Whenever a user logs in webcollab he has access to all user deatails,
> displayed in the left column of the interface. So he will probebly see there
> a lot of names names assigned to projects he has no idea of.
> 
> Why not have users see only ther names/ data of the users of projects they
> are assigned to? Is there any particular reason for this?
> 

Normally seeing names isn't really a problem.  But if it is a problem
then you can always make them 'private users'.

Hope that helps.

Andrew

[Webcollab-users] visibility of project users

[nsak <sa...@ap...>]

Hello!

Whenever a user logs in webcollab he has access to all user deatails,
displayed in the left column of the interface. So he will probebly see there
a lot of names names assigned to projects he has no idea of.

Why not have users see only ther names/ data of the users of projects they
are assigned to? Is there any particular reason for this?

many thanks ! Nikos
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[Webcollab-users] WebCollab 2.50 (Billy Goat) released!

[Andrew S. <and...@pa...>]

Hi all,

I am pleased to announce the release of WebCollab 2.50 (Billy Goat).

This release has minor feature improvements and bug fixes.

Secunia Research have issued Advisory SA34568 on behalf of Russ McRee for a CSRF vulnerability 
and a single XSS issue discovered in WebCollab 2.40.  Both these issues are patched in this 
release of WebCollab.  This is the first publicly notified issue with WebCollab in more than 
six years of releases.

The CRSF issue would need to be exploited by tricking an administrator to open a malformed link 
whilst they were logged on to WebCollab.  Nevertheless, upgrading is recommended for all sites.

All of the code has subsequently been given a security review and several improvements made.  This
has included security tokens on most forms, and changing GET requests with actions to POST
requests.  This means that [delete] actions have now been generally shifted to the [edit] pages and
are now buttons instead of hyperlinks.

The setup pages have been heavily modified and improved.  The code is now XHTML strict compliant (previously had validation errors).  The character set handling has been improved for the standard WebCollab.

Setup has also now been configured to accept language files.  Contributions of translations are welcomed!

Long posts in the forums are now truncated until a 'drop down button' is selected. 

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The UTF-8 version of WebCollab is recommended for all users, provided the optional mb_strings
library is installed in PHP.  For users with languages other than English, the UTF-8 version is
strongly recommended because it has far superior internationalisation.

Andrew

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[Webcollab-users] WebCollab 2.40 (Avocado) released!

[Andrew S. <and...@pa...>]

Hi all,

I am pleased to announce the release of WebCollab 2.40 (Avocado).
 
This release has minor bugfixes and some feature enhancements.  The PHP mail() function has been made available as an option for systems that cannot handle SMTP directly.   An option to enable RSS auto-discovery has been added to the configuration file.  

The UTF-8 version of WebCollab is recommended for all users, provided the optional mb_strings library is installed in PHP.  For users with languages other than English, the UTF-8 version is strongly recommended because it has far superior internationalisation.

Andrew

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Re: [Webcollab-users] file upload

[nsak <sa...@ap...>]

Well it seems that in the case of non shared hosting servers, the filebase is
not correctly created. We had to change to the full path
"/var/www/vhosts/apintech.com/subdomains/collab/httpdocs/files/filebase"

now it works ok!

best! Nikos


nsak wrote:
> 
> Hello! 
> 
> We have set up webcollab 2.31 at a virtual server and we seem to have an
> upload file problem 
> 
> In config the setup shows define('FILE_BASE',
> '/subdomains/collab/httpdocs/uploadfiles' );
> 
> which I find correct; also, directory /uploadfiles exists and is writable
> 
> however when we attempt file uploads the configuration error below appears
> 
> "The upload directory does not have write permissions set properly, or the
> directory does not exist. File upload has not been accepted."
> 
> 
> we are wondering what the cause might be...
> 
> thanks, Nikos
> 
> 
> 

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[Webcollab-users] file upload

[nsak <sa...@ap...>]

Hello! 

We have set up webcollab 2.31 at a virtual server and we seem to have an
upload file problem 

In config the setup shows define('FILE_BASE',
'/subdomains/collab/httpdocs/uploadfiles' );

which I find correct; also, directory /uploadfiles exists and is writable

however when we attempt file uploads the configuration error below appears

"The upload directory does not have write permissions set properly, or the
directory does not exist. File upload has not been accepted."


we are wondering what the cause might be...

thanks, Nikos


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Re: [Webcollab-users] task priveleges

[Andrew S. <and...@co...>]

On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:20:27 -0800 (PST)
nsak <sa...@ap...> wrote:

> I have a question about user priveleges.
> 
> It appears that normal users can create new tasks and subtasks to other user
> tasks. Is there any reason for this? I would find it more logical if normal
> users could just edit their own tasks and not interfere with other tasks
> (adding subtasks...).
> 
> 
> Nikos Sakkas
> -- 

Hi Nikos,

No, I don't have any really good reasons, other than it's always been that way!

The longer reason is that WebCollab is meant to be collaborative, so users have the ability to share around the tasks.

Andrew  

[Webcollab-users] task priveleges

[nsak <sa...@ap...>]

Hello and my most sincere congratulations for this compelling piece of
functional software!!

I have a question about user priveleges.

It appears that normal users can create new tasks and subtasks to other user
tasks. Is there any reason for this? I would find it more logical if normal
users could just edit their own tasks and not interfere with other tasks
(adding subtasks...).

Any comment mush appreciated!

wishes for the NY

Nikos Sakkas
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Re: [Webcollab-users] Installing on godaddy

[Andrew S. <and...@pa...>]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:50:56 -0800 (PST)
cdcarter <cd...@ca...> wrote:

> 
> I'm trying to install webcollab on a godaddy account. I gather the setup.php
> script won't work with their system, so I set up a sql database manually and
> made the following changes to the config.php file:
> 
> //DATABASE OPTIONS
> 
>   define('cdcarter', "" );
>   define('cdcarter', "" );
>   define('mypassword', "" );
> 

Change the above to something like this:

//DATABASE OPTIONS

  define('DATABASE_NAME', 'cdcarter' );
  define('DATABASE_USER', 'cdcarter' );
  define('DATABASE_PASSWORD','mypassword' ); 

That should help matters considerably :-)


>   //Database type (valid options are "mysql", "postgresql", "mysql_innodb"
> and "mysqli")
>   define('DATABASE_TYPE', "mysql" );
> 
>   //Database host (usually "localhost")
>   define('DATABASE_HOST', "p41mysql103.secureserver.net" );
> 

These two look fine.

> When I try to log in, I get the following message:
> 
> Sorry but there seems to be a problem in connecting to the database server
> 

Yes, and that's just the standard error message with the above problem.

Hope that helps.

Andrew Simpson