>>>>> "BF" == Bryan Fullerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
BF> Yup, I have no doubt that it's because I'm mixing 2.0 and
BF> 2.1. And yup, I've been upgrading individual lists as per the
BF> UPGRADING instructions. Here's the rewrite rule I used for the
BF> 2.1 list:
| RewriteRule ^/mailman/(.*)/(trawler-world-list-help.*) \
| /home/mailman-2.1/cgi-bin/$1/$2 \
| [T=application/x-httpd-cgi]
Very interesting. I wonder if this could be some Apache bug or other?
We're running 1.3.27 on python.org so I don't have direct experience
with this bug on Apache 2.0
BF> It's only been a problem so far with this one set of lists,
BF> where the list names are all very similar (and also rather
BF> long). And the 2.0 lists are fine, it's only been affecting
BF> the one I moved to 2.1. (I did move about a dozen other lists,
BF> which are all working perfectly, but they have no sibling
BF> lists with similar names still in 2.0)
That's an interesting clue!
BF> Did something change with the cookie handling between 2.0 and
BF> 2.1? (besides "yes, everything" :).
Other than everything, no nothing. :)
BF> I note that the list/login delimiter in the cookie name is now
BF> + instead of : - is that somehow throwing off the new parser?
BF> I briefly looked at SecurityManager.py and Cgi/admin.py, but I
BF> haven't yet been able to figure out if the cookie parsing
BF> stuff is entirely Mailman code, or if it's using cookie stuff
BF> from Python too (though my Python version is the same for both
BF> - hrm).
The colons did cause problems with Python's Cookie.py, as that module
stood back in Oct 2001. I think the change was made when we zapped
Mailman's own copy of Cookie.py for the one in Python's standard
library. Sure, there could be a bug there, although I haven't seen
any other reports of problems.
Mailman crafts the key used to look up the cookie data (essentially a
dictionary), by using the list's internal name, `+', and an
"authcontext", which for the admin screens is `admin'.
BF> I suspect that my list-owner using IE on WinME didn't really
BF> need to reboot
LOL!
BF> - I'll get him to try deleting the cookie
BF> manually for his 2.0 list and see if that helps.
Okay. Also, what version of Python are you using? I've seen the
problem with Python 2.1.3, but I don't recall seeing it since I've
upgraded python.org's Mailman 2.1 to run on Python 2.2.2.
-Barry
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