My mistake!
Please forgive me for wasting your time. I can't replicate that situation
where I received above mentioned message. Suddenly I can do everything that
I want.
Working with web2py is fun!
On Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 12:21:11 AM UTC-4, Anthony wrote:
>
> It's still not clear what is generating the message you see. Can you show
> the URL you are attempting to visit and exactly what you see on the page?
>
> Note, requiring login via @auth.requires_login() or @auth.requires() does
> not require HTTPS or a "secure channel", so merely requiring login for
> particular actions would not result in the message you are seeing.
>
> If you have request.requires_https() somewhere, you'll need to make it
> conditional on the environment -- for example:
>
> if os.getenv('SERVER_SOFTWARE', '').startswith('Google App Engine/'):
> request.requires_https() # Only when running on GAE.
>
> If that's the issue, though, it has nothing to do with requiring login.
>
> Anthony
>
> On Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 7:30:53 PM UTC-4, [email protected]
> <javascript:> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you for your response!
>>
>> I am afraid that my question lacked precision! Here is my regular command
>> line to start web2py:
>> ~/src/w2app$ ./web2py.py --password='11111' -c ../ssl-key-crt/server.crt
>> -k ../ssl-key-crt/server.key --ip=192.168.1.25
>> It works very nice!
>>
>> Here is my command required by dev_appserver before you deploy to gae:
>> ~/src$ dev_appserver.py --host=192.168.1.25 w2app/
>>
>> My application requires that the user is logged in before any
>> functionality is availabe. I am not talking admin app nor appadmin app. So
>> when it is running in dev_appserver and I try to login I get a message
>> something like: can't login because insecure channel. And I can't use any
>> of its functionality. This is because I am not at the local host and this
>> behavior is understood. The problem is that my linux box, where I run
>> web2py server, is 'headless', no windowing software, and I develop my
>> apps via ssh and a browser from a client, in this case a chromebook, and I
>> can never be or appear to the system as being at the local host in this
>> fashion.
>> Is there a linux configuration that would make me appear to the
>> dev_appserver as being at the local host even though I am accessing it form
>> LAN client?
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> -
>>
>> On Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 6:04:45 PM UTC-4, Anthony wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 1:12:44 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I run my web2py on a home lan, headless box of linux. My web2py apps
>>>> require login and it can only be performed over a secure channel. My
>>>> question: is it possible (if yes then how) to configure my linux box to
>>>> simulate local host accessing so that I can remain sitting on my couch?
>>>> Should I remove all the decorators requiring user signature in my web2py
>>>> app and the run through the dev_appserver?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The Auth decorators do not require an HTTPS connection. Are you talking
>>> about trying to access either the admin app or the appadmin page of your
>>> app -- those are the only things that require HTTPS (or alternatively a
>>> local connection).
>>>
>>> Anthony
>>>
>>
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