Could you send us a stripped down example app that shows the problem?
It would probably just consist of a index.cfm, application.cfc, and
mach-ii.xml along with the stack trace you get when you start up the
app.

I think with that we could reproduce and fix the issue.

--Kurt

On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Shaun <[email protected]> wrote:
> I know it shows that it is coming from the security filter, then the base
> filter it extends from then ultimately the MachII filter - this was why I
> did not see a point in attaching just that one - all the code in the site is
> working fine in live production and the old testing setup and has been for
> over 2 years - both MachII and the application itself.
>
> The only change is to move all sites and MachII onto a network drive -
> immediately I get errors such as event undefined in arguments which has
> never been a problem and which is always injected there from the framework -
> now suddenly missing from methods which have been working stably for years.
>
> When the applications and MachII are on a physical drive, there is no need
> for the use of CF mappings for the root as the site (or MachII) folder name
> is simply used. Again this has never been a problem and IIRC is even
> suggested as the default setup in the wiki i.e. leave the MachII
> installation as "MachII" and no mapping is needed - all sites would access
> it. Again this has worked successfully for several years.
>
> With the SAN setup you are describing, is it possible that it is different
> that what I am describing? In my case:
>
> Windows Server
>   |- IIS 7.5
>         |- inetpub\wwwroot
>               |- Virtual mappings to sites
>   |- SQL Server
>   |- ColdFusion 10
>         |- inetpub\wwwroot    (all virtual mappings inherit CF access)
>
> Network Drive
>   |- site
>   |- site2
>   |- MachII
>
>
> ColdFusion is fine with this setup and all non MachII sites work without any
> changes. The first issue that occurs with MachII is found in the
> file: MachII/util/Utils.cfc when expanding relative paths as I earlier
> explained. When the framework loads and CFFile is used to load config
> includes in MachII/framework/AppFactory.cfc an absolute path is expected and
> the following code is run:
>
> <cfif Left(includeFilePath, 1) IS ".">
> <cfset includeFilePath =
> variables.utils.expandRelativePath(arguments.parentConfigFilePathDirectory,
> includeFilePath) />
> <cfelse>
> <cfset includeFilePath = ExpandPath(includeFilePath) />
> </cfif>
>
> The expandRelativePath() code is one example of that which does not play
> nice with UNC paths as the "\\" which signify an absolute network path are
> replaced a single "/" which subsequently breaks relative config paths for
> starters. This would be the case on any setup loading from a UNC path. As I
> explained earlier, I found this, updated that util function to handle those
> types of paths too and tested against physical drive locations which handled
> that problem after I had restarted CF. Another Framework related problem
> with the filters (which are working perfectly on a physical drive setup)
> appeared.
>
> All I am trying to say is that there is some points you *could* look into if
> you feel necessary to support a networked setup like I described. In my case
> I am going to drop this setup now and go for a standard physical drive setup
> as I dont have the spare time to spend doing a whole bunch of debug work on
> a proven working applications. Especially as the setup I am attempting does
> not appear to be common or tested much.
>
> I guess its up to you guys if you feel it worth your time to investigate
> further on that setup, but there is a definite issue at the least
> with expandRelativePath() which I spotted and proposed a solution which
> works to fix it. I just dont have the extra time to continue drilling down
> other parts of the framework to spot anything else which doesn't gel well
> with that setup is all. I am also working from the stable datum that the old
> servers (using physical drive setup) has the exact same sites on them which
> work with any issue - UNC network setup is the only change - then all non
> MachII sites work without any changes (so unlikely to be CF).
>
> Hope that helps & love the framework too btw!
>
> Best,
>
> Shaun
>
> On Friday, June 1, 2012 1:57:17 PM UTC+10, Shaun wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have used MachII on numerous projects, but recently was tasked with
>> relocating some websites using the Framework to a new server.
>>
>> The location of the Framework and all websites is on a network drive
>> and as such the root path looks something like:
>>
>> //vmware-host/Shared Folders/sites/MachII
>> //vmware-host/Shared Folders/sites/website
>>
>> Instead of previously being something like:
>>
>> C:\inetpub\wwwroot\MachII
>> C:\inetpub\wwwroot\website
>>
>> This seems to have caused a whole range of issues with the Framework
>> and there are many things that are not working. Firstly relative paths
>> in the config would not even load. This was fixed by adding the
>> following code at the end of the expandRelativePath() function in
>> MachII/util/Utils.cfc
>>
>> <cfif Left(arguments.baseDirectory, 2) is "\\">
>>         <cfset resolvedPath = "\\" & resolvedPath />
>> </cfif>
>>
>> However then other things seem to be unworking - depending on the site
>> - one was using the MachII environments and refused to load past that
>> point. Another older site before MachII environments existed (had its
>> own environment system) was reporting errors with "event" being
>> undefined in arguments while using a filter. On that one I was able to
>> remove some filter code and get a page to load, but as soon as an
>> event was triggered I would get the same event undefined error.
>>
>> My feeling on this is that events are not being passed through, likely
>> because of something like a hash id for memory storage being different
>> in several places (possible due to me changing that util code) and
>> thus it cant be looked up and found on subsequent execution flow. This
>> is simply a guess but one way or another MachII does not seem to play
>> nice with it being on a network drive.
>>
>> Additionally other sites I have migrated that do not use MachII are
>> fine.
>>
>> Help on this would be appreciated as all MachII sites wont' work with
>> a network drive setup :(
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Shaun Byrnes
>
>
> On Friday, June 1, 2012 1:57:17 PM UTC+10, Shaun wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have used MachII on numerous projects, but recently was tasked with
>> relocating some websites using the Framework to a new server.
>>
>> The location of the Framework and all websites is on a network drive
>> and as such the root path looks something like:
>>
>> //vmware-host/Shared Folders/sites/MachII
>> //vmware-host/Shared Folders/sites/website
>>
>> Instead of previously being something like:
>>
>> C:\inetpub\wwwroot\MachII
>> C:\inetpub\wwwroot\website
>>
>> This seems to have caused a whole range of issues with the Framework
>> and there are many things that are not working. Firstly relative paths
>> in the config would not even load. This was fixed by adding the
>> following code at the end of the expandRelativePath() function in
>> MachII/util/Utils.cfc
>>
>> <cfif Left(arguments.baseDirectory, 2) is "\\">
>>         <cfset resolvedPath = "\\" & resolvedPath />
>> </cfif>
>>
>> However then other things seem to be unworking - depending on the site
>> - one was using the MachII environments and refused to load past that
>> point. Another older site before MachII environments existed (had its
>> own environment system) was reporting errors with "event" being
>> undefined in arguments while using a filter. On that one I was able to
>> remove some filter code and get a page to load, but as soon as an
>> event was triggered I would get the same event undefined error.
>>
>> My feeling on this is that events are not being passed through, likely
>> because of something like a hash id for memory storage being different
>> in several places (possible due to me changing that util code) and
>> thus it cant be looked up and found on subsequent execution flow. This
>> is simply a guess but one way or another MachII does not seem to play
>> nice with it being on a network drive.
>>
>> Additionally other sites I have migrated that do not use MachII are
>> fine.
>>
>> Help on this would be appreciated as all MachII sites wont' work with
>> a network drive setup :(
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Shaun Byrnes
>
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