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Subject:    RE: [twig] Need help with debugging my new installation TWIG 2.7.7 and IIS 4 on Win2000
From:       "Allen Hebert" <allen () hebert ! austin ! tx ! us>
Date:       2003-03-05 13:52:54
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Thanks to all who sent replies, I found the problem, but I am still not sure
why it didn't work like I had it configured.

The following is the default settings in config.inc.php3:
	$config["session_handler"]	= "get";		// Session handler
(get|get2|sqltable|php4session)
	$config["session_expiry"]	= 300;			// How long session records are retained
(in seconds)
	$config["login_handler"]	= "cookie";		// Login handler
(cookie|sqltable|base64cookie|php4session|session|securecookie.php4session|s
ecurecookie.sqltable)

But this did not work for me.  I changed the following and it worked fine:

	$config["login_handler"]	= "session";		// Login handler
(cookie|sqltable|base64cookie|php4session|session|securecookie.php4session|s
ecurecookie.sqltable)

Why can't I use "cookie" instead of "session"?  I have my time set correctly
and I enabled all cookies in IE.  But I still had to change the
login_handler to session before things would work....  Any ideas?

Thanks again for all the help.  Your advice got me thinking on the right
track to fix my specific problem.

Allen


-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Ginter [mailto:brian.ginter@southern-air.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 7:14 AM
To: twig@screwdriver.net
Subject: RE: [twig] Need help with debugging my new installation TWIG
2.7.7 and IIS 4 on Win2000


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From the FAQ.

    Q: I login to twig fine, but when i click on any of the links, it jumps
       back to the login screen. I'm sure I've setup twig correctly and that
       I'm use the right name and password but it still doesn't work, what's
       wrong?

    A: Check your cookie settings, twig uses cookies to store login info, if
       your browser (or your firewall) disables them then it you have to use
       basic auth.

       Additionally, make sure the time, date, and timezone on both the
       web server and the workstation are correct.  The workstation and
       web server can be in different timzones, but they both must be
       set to something close to the correct time.  By default, TWIG's
       cookies expire after one hour, so a clock discrepency of an hour
       or more can cause the cookies to immediately expire.  In most
       configurations, you can test whether this is a time related
       problem by setting:

             $config["auth_timeout"] = 0;

       in your config/config.inc.php3.  This disables login timeouts in
       most configurations.  If that setting fixes your problem, then you
       know for certain that the problem is related to a discrepency in
       the time, date, or timezone settings on either the workstation or
       the web server.

       Some machines (like Acorn RISC OS)  are unable to understand anything
       other than GMT - so you either have to use GMT on the server and
       workstations, or increase or disable the timeout in
       config.inc.php3.

       One additional situation that can cause this behavior is if
       register_globals = Off in your php.ini.  At this time TWIG
       simply needs for register_globals to be turned on in order for
       many things, including logins, to work.  (Don't forget to
       restart your web server after making any changes to you PHP
       configuration!)

Allen Hebert <allen@hebert.austin.tx.us> said:

> Aaron,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply.  In this case the client is the same as the
> server so I believe that the time is set correctly.  I tried to search the
> FAQ for this problem, but I wasn't sure what to search for.  If you can
> provide me some key words that would yeild some results related to this
> problem that would be great.
>
> Allen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Stone [mailto:aaron@engr.Paly.NET]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 10:58 PM
> To: twig@screwdriver.net
> Subject: Re: [twig] Need help with debugging my new installation TWIG
> 2.7.7 and IIS 4 on Win2000
>
>
> The most frequent cause of this is incorrect time settings between the
> client and server. There are also a few more 'usual suspects' listed in
> the FAQ, but time is by far the most common.
>
> Aaron
>
>
> On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Allen Hebert wrote:
>
> > I have just installed TWIG on my system, but I seem to be having one
small
> > problem.
> >
> > I get the login screen and am able to enter my IMAP userid and password
> and
> > even get to the default page I specified the in the TWIG config file
> (which
> > I selected to be Mail).  I even see the mail I have received.  The
problem
> > comes when I try to select any other function within TWIG.  It takes me
> back
> > to the login screen.
> >
> > I have verified that PHP is working properly and that TWIG is setup and
> > working with my IMAP and MYSQL servers (verified by test.php3).
> >
> > I have IIS setup to us ISAPI for PHP, but I had the same problem when I
> > setup IIS to use the PHP executable as a CGI.
> >
> > It appears that the HTTP arguments being used by TWIG to tell PHP what
to
> do
> > are not being recognized.
> >
> > Has anyone had this problem before?  It seems like a simple fix, but my
> lack
> > of expertise in IIS and PHP and TWIG have kept me from finding the
> > configuration error.
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can provide.
> >
> > Allen Hebert
> > www.hebert.austin.tx.us
> > or my mail site:
> > mail.hebert.austin.tx.us (the one that is not working properly)  Let me
> know
> > if you would like to check out the problem for yourself, I will set you
up
> > an id to test with).
> >
> >
>



--
Brian Ginter
Southern Air, Inc.


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