Re: Mailman + Apache + Cookies + FreeBSD
On 10/09/08 14:59, Grant Peel wrote: Hi all, I am not a fan of cross posting, but, I have to make a exception in this case as I can't seem to nail down whether its the software or OS causing me the problem. Software: Apache 2.2, Python 2.5, Mailmain 2.1.11 OS: FreeBSD 6.2 Release #0 Apache and Python were built from ports, Mailman was built from source. Problem: I can't stay logged into the Mailman web interface. Each time I submit a form, I am logged out. When I do log in, If I look on my local machine, I cant find a session cookie anywhere. It like is never set. And the Mailman documentation clearly states that none of the changes will be saved in that scenario. Question: are there any people out there who can point me in the right direction? I assume that Python should be setting a cookie, but thats just a guess ... could it be OS related? Is your Mailman web interface served over https? If so, you might want to check that DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN is set correctly in mm_cfg.py, for instance: DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN = 'https://%s/mailman/' -- Benjamin Lee signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Mailman + Apache + Cookies + FreeBSD
Jeff, are you running apache with Suexec? If so I would realy like to expand in this with you. -Grant - Original Message - From: Jeffrey Goldberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Odhiambo Washington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Grant Peel [EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 11:10 PM Subject: Re: Mailman + Apache + Cookies + FreeBSD On Oct 10, 2008, at 1:45 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: Could you downgrade Mailman and see if the problem still persists? I run the combination you have (except Mailman is 2.1.9 and FreeBSD is 6.3) and I haven't had an issue. Might be a bug introduced in Mailman 2.1.11 I'm running mailman 2.1.11 (installed from ports) without the described problem. So in at least one case, Apache, FreeBSD and Mailman 2.1.11 work without exhibiting the described problem. -j ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mailman + Apache + Cookies + FreeBSD
On Oct 10, 2008, at 1:45 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: Could you downgrade Mailman and see if the problem still persists? I run the combination you have (except Mailman is 2.1.9 and FreeBSD is 6.3) and I haven't had an issue. Might be a bug introduced in Mailman 2.1.11 I'm running mailman 2.1.11 (installed from ports) without the described problem. So in at least one case, Apache, FreeBSD and Mailman 2.1.11 work without exhibiting the described problem. -j ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mailman + Apache + Cookies + FreeBSD
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Grant Peel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I am not a fan of cross posting, but, I have to make a exception in this case as I can't seem to nail down whether its the software or OS causing me the problem. Software: Apache 2.2, Python 2.5, Mailmain 2.1.11 OS: FreeBSD 6.2 Release #0 Apache and Python were built from ports, Mailman was built from source. Problem: I can't stay logged into the Mailman web interface. Each time I submit a form, I am logged out. When I do log in, If I look on my local machine, I cant find a session cookie anywhere. It like is never set. And the Mailman documentation clearly states that none of the changes will be saved in that scenario. Question: are there any people out there who can point me in the right direction? I assume that Python should be setting a cookie, but thats just a guess ... could it be OS related? Could you downgrade Mailman and see if the problem still persists? I run the combination you have (except Mailman is 2.1.9 and FreeBSD is 6.3) and I haven't had an issue. Might be a bug introduced in Mailman 2.1.11 -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Oh My God! They killed init! You Bastards! --from a /. post ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mailman + Apache + Cookies + FreeBSD
Hi all, I am not a fan of cross posting, but, I have to make a exception in this case as I can't seem to nail down whether its the software or OS causing me the problem. Software: Apache 2.2, Python 2.5, Mailmain 2.1.11 OS: FreeBSD 6.2 Release #0 Apache and Python were built from ports, Mailman was built from source. Problem: I can't stay logged into the Mailman web interface. Each time I submit a form, I am logged out. When I do log in, If I look on my local machine, I cant find a session cookie anywhere. It like is never set. And the Mailman documentation clearly states that none of the changes will be saved in that scenario. Question: are there any people out there who can point me in the right direction? I assume that Python should be setting a cookie, but thats just a guess ... could it be OS related? TIA, -Grant ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mailman + Apache + Cookies + FreeBSD
On Oct 9, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Grant Peel wrote: Problem: I can't stay logged into the Mailman web interface. Each time I submit a form, I am logged out. When I do log in, If I look on my local machine, I cant find a session cookie anywhere. It like is never set. And the Mailman documentation clearly states that none of the changes will be saved in that scenario. Question: are there any people out there who can point me in the right direction? I assume that Python should be setting a cookie, but thats just a guess ... could it be OS related? Try restarting your browser, and double-checking that your preferences allow the webserver to set cookies. Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mailman + Apache + Cookies + FreeBSD
Thanks Chuck, Tried all that several times. My browser accepts cookies from many different (tested today and yesterday) sites. -Grant - Original Message - From: Chuck Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Grant Peel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 6:09 PM Subject: Re: Mailman + Apache + Cookies + FreeBSD On Oct 9, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Grant Peel wrote: Problem: I can't stay logged into the Mailman web interface. Each time I submit a form, I am logged out. When I do log in, If I look on my local machine, I cant find a session cookie anywhere. It like is never set. And the Mailman documentation clearly states that none of the changes will be saved in that scenario. Question: are there any people out there who can point me in the right direction? I assume that Python should be setting a cookie, but thats just a guess ... could it be OS related? Try restarting your browser, and double-checking that your preferences allow the webserver to set cookies. Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mailman + Apache + Cookies + FreeBSD
On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 17:59:52 -0400 Grant Peel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I am not a fan of cross posting, but, I have to make a exception in this case as I can't seem to nail down whether its the software or OS causing me the problem. Software: Apache 2.2, Python 2.5, Mailmain 2.1.11 OS: FreeBSD 6.2 Release #0 Apache and Python were built from ports, Mailman was built from source. Problem: I can't stay logged into the Mailman web interface. Each time I submit a form, I am logged out. When I do log in, If I look on my local machine, I cant find a session cookie anywhere. It like is never set. And the Mailman documentation clearly states that none of the changes will be saved in that scenario. Question: are there any people out there who can point me in the right direction? I assume that Python should be setting a cookie, but thats just a guess ... could it be OS related? Just out of morbid curiosity, why did you build it from source? Mailman is available in the ports. -- Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] The very remembrance of my former misfortune proves a new one to me. Miguel de Cervantes signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Mailman + Apache + Cookies + FreeBSD
Jerry, I tried a few times to build it from source but since I am using Apache+Suexec, I was stuck on how to 'make' it and pass the parms needed to set the user and home directory, i.e. I needed the install directory to be set to /home/mailmain when the ports version insisted on setting it to /usr/local/mailman. -Grant - Original Message - From: Jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 6:22 PM Subject: Re: Mailman + Apache + Cookies + FreeBSD ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mailman + Apache + Cookies + FreeBSD
--On October 9, 2008 7:58:49 PM -0500 Grant Peel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jerry, I tried a few times to build it from source but since I am using Apache+Suexec, I was stuck on how to 'make' it and pass the parms needed to set the user and home directory, i.e. I needed the install directory to be set to /home/mailmain when the ports version insisted on setting it to /usr/local/mailman. cd /usr/ports/mail/mailman make install PREFIX=/home clean Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
Re: Mailman + Apache + Cookies + FreeBSD
--- On Thu, 10/9/08, Grant Peel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Grant Peel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mailman + Apache + Cookies + FreeBSD To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 5:59 PM Hi all, I am not a fan of cross posting, but, I have to make a exception in this case as I can't seem to nail down whether its the software or OS causing me the problem. Software: Apache 2.2, Python 2.5, Mailmain 2.1.11 OS: FreeBSD 6.2 Release #0 Apache and Python were built from ports, Mailman was built from source. Problem: I can't stay logged into the Mailman web interface. Each time I submit a form, I am logged out. When I do log in, If I look on my local machine, I cant find a session cookie anywhere. It like is never set. And the Mailman documentation clearly states that none of the changes will be saved in that scenario. Question: are there any people out there who can point me in the right direction? I assume that Python should be setting a cookie, but thats just a guess ... could it be OS related? In short, no, there's really no way that the OS could be at fault unless you had some weird TCP stack bug that caused it to drop the same packet every time, which someone else would've noticed by now. ;) The long answer is that Cookies are set by headers in the HTTP protocol response, and sent back to the server in the request headers of the clients subsequent requests. Python doesn't set cookies, Apache does, but python can command Apache to do so, and Mailman can, as a python script, command python to do so. Chances are mailman is what's misconfigured. - mdh ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
