[Savannah-dev] [bug #2382] Administrator Unable to Approve A Project

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http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=2382&group_id=11

Changes by: Anonymous user        Date: Wed 06/25/03 at 04:32

------------------ Additional Follow-up Comments ----------------------------
This is not a PHP4 problem. I encountered the same problem on a RedHat 9.0 
machine, running apache 2.0 and PHP4, but when I installed on a Debian, running 
apache 1.3.27 and PHP4, the problem didn't occur. The only other difference was 
that the Debian machine had a DNS entry, the RedHat didn't. However, the 
problem is in the Location HTTP header somewhere. I'l try to figure out where 
exactely.



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Submitted by: roncordell              Project: Savannah                     
Submitted on: Thu 01/23/03 at 08:37
Category:  Site Admin                 Severity:  5 - Average                
Priority:  Normal                     Bug Group:  None                      
Resolution:  Works for me             Assigned to:  villate                 
Status:  Closed                       Effort:  0.00                         

Summary:  Administrator Unable to Approve A Project

Original Submission:  With the CVS code from 1/22/2003, an administrator is 
unable to approve a submitted project. Steps to recreate the error are:
As a user, submit a new project.
As an administrator, go to the Project Approvals page. You will see there the 
list of projects that have been submitted for approval, where each project item 
is a link on which to click.
Click on the project to try to start the approval process.
An error is reported that you do not have permission to access the page.
It appears also that the site no longer shows the administrator tasks on the 
left navigation pane, so it is as if the administrator is no longer logged into 
the session, as if the objects that indicate user status have been dropped 
somewhere. I'm completely new to PHP, so I haven't found the problem.

Follow-up Comments
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Date: Wed 06/25/03 at 04:32         By: None
This is not a PHP4 problem. I encountered the same problem on a RedHat 9.0 
machine, running apache 2.0 and PHP4, but when I installed on a Debian, running 
apache 1.3.27 and PHP4, the problem didn't occur. The only other difference was 
that the Debian machine had a DNS entry, the RedHat didn't. However, the 
problem is in the Location HTTP header somewhere. I'l try to figure out where 
exactely.

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Date: Tue 01/28/03 at 03:42         By: villate
OK, thanks for the information. I'll take note that there is
something PHP3 specific in the admin interface to try and
make it compatible with PHP4 in future versions.

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Date: Mon 01/27/03 at 15:14         By: roncordell
I think I found the problem - I can't read. The README says that Savannah has 
been targeted for PHP3, and *NOT* PHP4. I compiled and installed PHP3 (3.0.18) 
after removing PHP4 (4.0.6), and this issue has been resolved.

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Date: Thu 01/23/03 at 14:41         By: villate
Yes, that might be the reason why the server is loosing your
administrator cookie. Please tell me the URL of the
page where you selected [Manage/Edit Project Registration]
to see if I can track down the problem.

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Date: Thu 01/23/03 at 10:44         By: roncordell
Further investigation looks like we are getting a new session when selecting 
the project to approve. I don't know why this would be happening. However, I 
noticed that the normal URL on the browser is 
http://machine.domain/savannah/admin/approve-pending.php
But when I select [Manage/Edit Project Registration] the URL changes to: 
https://localhost/savannah/admin/groupedit.php?group=rcs

The SSL access logs show the following:
[23/Jan/2003:15:28:10 +0000] 127.0.0.2 TLSv1 RC4-MD5 "GET /savannah/my/ 
HTTP/1.1" 12960
[23/Jan/2003:10:28:10 -0500] 127.0.0.2 TLSv1 RC4-MD5 "GET 
/savannah/css/savannah.css HTTP/1.1" -
[23/Jan/2003:10:28:10 -0500] 127.0.0.2 TLSv1 RC4-MD5 "GET 
/images/savannah.theme/icon.png HTTP/1.1" 312
[23/Jan/2003:10:28:10 -0500] 127.0.0.2 TLSv1 RC4-MD5 "GET 
/savannah/images/savannah.theme/leopard.png HTTP/1.1" 5111
[23/Jan/2003:15:28:29 +0000] 127.0.0.2 TLSv1 RC4-MD5 "GET 
/savannah/admin/approve-pending.php HTTP/1.1" 10028
[23/Jan/2003:10:28:29 -0500] 127.0.0.2 TLSv1 RC4-MD5 "GET 
/images/savannah.theme/icon.png HTTP/1.1" 312
[23/Jan/2003:15:28:36 +0000] 127.0.0.2 TLSv1 RC4-MD5 "GET 
/savannah/admin/groupedit.php?group_id=102 HTTP/1.1" 5
[23/Jan/2003:10:28:39 -0500] 127.0.0.1 TLSv1 RC4-MD5 "GET 
/savannah/admin/groupedit.php?group=rcs HTTP/1.1" 7347
[23/Jan/2003:10:28:39 -0500] 127.0.0.1 TLSv1 RC4-MD5 "GET 
/savannah/css/savannah.css HTTP/1.1" 4913
[23/Jan/2003:10:28:39 -0500] 127.0.0.1 TLSv1 RC4-MD5 "GET 
/images/savannah.theme/icon.png HTTP/1.1" 312
[23/Jan/2003:10:28:39 -0500] 127.0.0.1 TLSv1 RC4-MD5 "GET 
/savannah/images/savannah.theme/floating.png HTTP/1.1" 19773
[23/Jan/2003:10:28:39 -0500] 127.0.0.1 TLSv1 RC4-MD5 "GET 
/savannah/images/savannah.theme/valid-html401.png HTTP/1.1" 3607

Note how the address changes from 127.0.0.2 to 127.0.0.1. I don't know if this 
is relevant or not.


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