Re: Login issues (wiki, commitfest) - Mailing list pgsql-www

On 06/20/2013 04:53 PM, Ian Lawrence Barwick wrote:
> 2013/6/20 Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>:
>> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 2013/6/20 Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>:
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 18, 2013 5:05 PM, "Paul Waring" <paul@xk7.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 18/06/13 15:59, Ian Lawrence Barwick wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just a quick heads-up - I am no longer able to log in to
>>>>>>>> wiki.postgresql.org (despite
>>>>>>>> successfully logging in on the main PostgreSQL site) - clicking on the
>>>>>>>> wiki login link
>>>>>>>> causes a redirect to the https site via www.postgresql.org but with no
>>>>>>>> effect.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The commitfest login resolutely rejects my login attempts.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I guess this is the same issue as mentioned on the reviewers list:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAFjNrYsAYTxP+FFtuZcadmqQjBq9ZhB9naNYeDNyCR+NY=H0Rg@mail.gmail.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> FWIW I probably changed my password a few weeks ago, and changed it
>>>>>>>> just now again
>>>>>>>> in the hope it might solve the problem.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I seem to be having the same problem - I can login on the main site (www),
>>>>>>> but when I return to the wiki I'm not logged in. I haven't changed my
>>>>>>> password, and my browser deletes all cookies when I close it
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The issue with the commit fest was reported here earlier and is a known bug
>>>>>> affecting new accounts and accounts that changed their password since Sunday
>>>>>> (should be in the archives for this list as well as the reviewers list I
>>>>>> believe) . I have an idea how to fix that, and will look at it as soon as
>>>>>> possible but it needs some extensive testing.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've pushed a fix for this. This being the commitfest page issue only
>>>>> - not the wiki issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> You need to log in once to the main www.postgresql.org website for
>>>>> things to be properly updated, and once you've done that you should be
>>>>> able to log in to the cf site again. If you already have a persistent
>>>>> session on the main website you need to first log out and then back in
>>>>> - it's not enough to just access a logged-in resource. You do both
>>>>> these by clicking "Your account" in the main menu.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, CF site is working fine for me now. Oddly enough I now get an internal
>>>> server error on the main PostgreSQL site after clicking on the Login link
>>>> on the wiki, but I guess that's Someone Else's Problem.
>>>
>>> Hmm, no, I htink that's something new. I probably broke something else
>>> when I fixed things. I get the same error myself. Will investigate and
>>> fix.
>>
>> Indeed, I typoed something in my fix. Re-fixed now :)
> 
> It does indeed look re-fixed. Wiki login still not working, but that
> is the Somebody
> Else's Problem I meant

I have applied some hacks that should make the wiki login working again
for now, we are currently discussing a more permanent and future proof
solution to the root issue though.

FWIW this more or less affected a subset of users that were either
created AFTER June 16th 2013 or users created before that but had
changed their preferences in certain ways after the 25.05.2012.



Stefan