On Apr 23, 2010, at 3:34 AM, Michael Keuter wrote:

>> On Apr 22, 2010, at 5:03 PM, John Reynolds wrote:
>> 
>>> When logged in as a user, the web interface has a reduce tab set 
>>> (expected and normal).
>>> 
>>> When the "directory" tab is selected, all tabs are shown. This is 
>>> not what happens when the other tabs are selected (only the reduced 
>>> set is shown). Is this a known behavior, or is this something that 
>>> should be corrected?
>> 
>> John,
>> 
>> Yes, this is expected.  Since the Directory tab has no 
>> authentication, there is no way to tell who the 'user' is, since 
>> there is no user without authentication.
>> 
>> A thought was to optionally add authentication to the Directory tab 
>> to overcome this, but that greatly reduces the usefulness of the 
>> Directory tab.
> 
> I would also vote for authentication for the Directory tab. Because 
> the confusion it causes to customers (showing all tabs) is bigger, 
> than the benefit it brings. And it would make the GUI more consistent.
> 
> Just my 2 ct.
> 
> Michael

OK, Web interface 1.6.19 now supports optional SSL authentication for the 
Directory tab.

Lonnie



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