Hi, folks,
I had encountered a login session problem that took me hours to debug. Hopefully, my experience helps some other guys using OCS.
I used to run an (OCS 2.1.1 + CK-ERP) demo and an (OJS 2.2.2 + CK-ERP) demo with the same shared webhosting agent. Lately, I was trying to upgrade the OCS demo to OCS 2.3.2 . After successfully deleting the old OCS demo and re-installing a new OCS 2.3.2, I am able to login with the initial administrator account. However, after one or two pages, the screen jump back to the Login screen asking me to supply username/password.
After this, I re-install OCS 2.3.2 on my own desktop machine, everything went fine. I logged into the OJS 2.2.2 that was hosted on the same remote machine that hosted the broken OCS 2.3.2 installation, everything went well too. So, presumably, my local machine's and the remote machine's webserver environment were not to be blamed.
Finally, I traced the whole thing to the session_check_ip setting within config.inc.php . Apparently, with the current stable releases, OCS 2.1.x and OJS 2.2.x, the default setting was, session_check_ip = Off ; but with the development version, OCS 2.3.x, the default setting was, session_check_ip = On.
I set session_check_ip = Off at the broken OCS 2.3.2, everything went OK again.
Best Regards,
CK
login session problem (solved)
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login session problem (solved)
by ckwu » Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:49 pm
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Re: login session problem (solved)
by jmacgreg » Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:34 pm
Hi CK,
Thanks for reporting on this! One small addendum: I don't believe session_check_ip has ever been set to Off by default in any of our install packages. However, your detailed analysis of the problem will certainly help others troubleshoot their own issues if/when they arise, and that is very much appreciated.
Cheers,
James
Thanks for reporting on this! One small addendum: I don't believe session_check_ip has ever been set to Off by default in any of our install packages. However, your detailed analysis of the problem will certainly help others troubleshoot their own issues if/when they arise, and that is very much appreciated.
Cheers,
James
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Re: login session problem (solved)
by ckwu » Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:58 pm
Hi, James,
My absolute apology and you are absolutely right. Looking back to the notes I wrote months ago, I did remind myself to change the session_check_ip parameter for the demo sites. Sometimes, the fingers are faster than the brain.
Best Regards,
CK
My absolute apology and you are absolutely right. Looking back to the notes I wrote months ago, I did remind myself to change the session_check_ip parameter for the demo sites. Sometimes, the fingers are faster than the brain.
Best Regards,
CK
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Re: login session problem (solved)
by jmacgreg » Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:26 am
Hi CK,
No apology needed, and happy everything's working out! And once again, thanks for the detailed information.
Cheers,
James
No apology needed, and happy everything's working out! And once again, thanks for the detailed information.
Cheers,
James
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