conclusion: in IE the clientside/javascript Sling.getSessionInfo() is not always executed (i.e. the http GET call to /system/sling/info.sessionInfo.json)!
Place the attached test.html on the root and a) open it with FF inspecting the two /system/sling/info.sessionInfo.json-calls in firebug (or fiddler) b) open it (don't forget the '.' ;-), ie http://localhost.:8080/test.html ) in IE inspecting the (non existent) /system/sling/info.sessionInfo.json-calls in fiddler "not always" is fuzzy, I know, but I really haven't found the pattern of IE. jira issue? > -----Original Message----- > From: Clemens Wyss [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 7:39 AM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: [sling explorer] Form based auth with IE to no avail :-( > > > > I would if fiddler provided me this data (headers), such as > > firebug does... > --> > http://weblogs.asp.net/lorenh/archive/2008/01/10/tip-for-using -fiddler-on-localhost.aspx the '.' does it!, OMG I can now proceed debugging the IE traces... > -----Original Message----- > From: Clemens Wyss [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 7:22 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: [sling explorer] Form based auth with IE to no avail :-( > > > I would if fiddler provided me this data (headers), such as > firebug does... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Eric Norman [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:42 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [sling explorer] Form based auth with IE to no > avail :-( > > > > > > Maybe check if IE is getting/sending the sling cookie on the > > second request. > > > > On Sep 14, 2010 9:36 AM, "Clemens Wyss" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Sling Explorer does form based authentication, which works > > fine(*) with FF, > > Safari and Chrome. Unfortunately neither on IE6 nor on IE8 it works. > > Debugging revealed that the POSTed form data to '/j_security_check' > > is equal. Nevertheless if I gather the Sling.getSessionInfo() after > > the aforementioned POST on IE I get the anonymous "credentials", > > whereas on the other browsers I get the expected credentials. > > What could possibly be the reason herefore? > > > > Thx for you help/hints > > -- Clemens > > >
