That or the fact that that isn¹t valid RFC compliant URI syntax: try http://rt/?user=john_doe instead. While some web browsers/servers will fake it and try to work, most standards compliant ones like lighttp and Apache aren¹t as forgiving.
On 12/21/09 12:22 PM, "William Graboyes" <william.grabo...@theportalgrp.com> wrote: > Hi Matt, > > This is nothing more than an uneducated guess, so take it as a grain of salt, > Could it possibly have something to do with writing/maintaining the > cookie/session? > > Thanks, > Bill > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Matt Adams > <matt.ad...@cypressinteractive.com> wrote: >> Mike Peachey wrote: >> >>> > It is definitely related to the filter. The problem is in UserExists >>> > which ensures that the user actually exists in the user database, and is >>> > run once for each specified database iirc. >>> > >>> > Double, triple and then quadruple check your filter value in the config. >> >> I'm not convinced that the filter value is the config is to blame for >> this. It hasn't been changed since the initial installation and >> everything has been working up until a little while ago. >> >> I found out what was causing the problem although I still don't know >> *why* it is a problem. >> >> Someone changed the URL to RT in our wiki to be http://rt?user=john_doe >> so that the username would be set automatically as per the wiki >> username. Seemed like a smart idea since both authenticate against the >> same LDAP server. Whenever this URL is used to get to RT the error appears. >> >> If I remove ?user=john_doe and log in manually everything works just fine. >> >> Does anyone know why this would be? We're using RT 3.8.5 and >> RT::Authen::ExternalAuth 0.08 >> >> My problem is solved for the time being but it would be nice to know why >> ?user=john_doe causes problems. >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Matt >> -- >> Matt Adams >> Development & Network Services, Cypress Interactive >> http://cypressinteractive.com, http://edsuite.com >> _______________________________________________ >> http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users >> >> Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com >> Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com >> >> >> Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. >> Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users > > Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com > Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com > > > Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. > Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com -- Gary L. Greene, Jr. IT Operations Minerva Networks, Inc. Cell: (650) 704-6633 Phone: (408) 240-1239
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