[ZendTo] Re: Version 3.56 released

Jules Jules at ZendTo.com
Tue Jul 20 20:59:47 BST 2010 

I have added notes to the online documentation telling you how to set 
the timezone correctly in CentOS and Ubuntu.

Cheers for spotting that, I would never have found it myself! :-)

Jules.

On 20/07/2010 20:25, Jules wrote:
> The timezone is exactly correct for my part of the world. Not all the
> world lives in the USA!
>
> I will add a note to the docs about what to do if the logins don't work
> properly. It's up to you to correct the timezone. Exactly how *did* you
> correct the timezone? I would like to put it in the docs.
>
> Cheers,
> Jules.
>
> On 20/07/2010 18:25, Steve Mason wrote:
>    
>>    Check your time settings on the server, particularly the timezone!
>> I had the same problem, beat my head for a day before finding it. IE refuses
>> session cookies it the time is off by a lot.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: zendto-bounces at zendto.com [mailto:zendto-bounces at zendto.com] On Behalf
>> Of Jules
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:44 AM
>> To: ZendTo Users
>> Subject: [ZendTo] Re: Version 3.56 released
>>
>> It's not a problem in IE8 either. It's something to do with its default
>> handling of non-session 1st Party cookies.
>> The domain and path are being passed correctly (IE8 will show you all this
>> stuff if you ask it to prompt for every cookie).
>>
>> So I don't quite see what IE7 can be objecting to :-(
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Jules.
>>
>> On 20/07/2010 16:31, Duncan, Brian M. wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> I updated and was able to login and everything seemed to work fine
>>> with Firefox.
>>>
>>> Have an odd problem with IE V7 (7.0.6002.18005)
>>>
>>> I can access the site and click on Login and then enter ID and
>>> password, get sent back to main menu with the lock ICON showing locked.
>>>
>>> If I click on Drop-offs by Me or Drop-offs for Me I get:
>>>
>>> Access Denied
>>> This feature is only available to users who have logged-in to the
>>> system.
>>>
>>> And it shows a unlocked ICON in the right corner.
>>>
>>> If I then click Return to the XXX main menu it is then unlocked and I
>>> can Login again and repeat and it will still say Access Denied.
>>>
>>> If I do the same with Firefox everything works fine.
>>>
>>> Something with the Cookies? My IE is a default install.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> BRIAN M. DUNCAN
>>> Data Security Administrator
>>> Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
>>> 525 W. Monroe Street / Chicago, IL 60661-3693 p / (312) 577-8045 f /
>>> (312) 577-4490 brian.duncan at kattenlaw.com / www.kattenlaw.com
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: zendto-bounces at zendto.com [mailto:zendto-bounces at zendto.com] On
>>> Behalf Of Jules
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 8:00 AM
>>> To: ZendTo Users
>>> Subject: [ZendTo] Re: Version 3.56 released
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 20/07/2010 13:42, Duncan, Brian M. wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Will download and try it out later today.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>> I assume you don't need a copy of my preferences file now?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> No, I don't need it any more. I managed to replicate the problem.
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>> I did not read this till today, was about to send it..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jules.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> BRIAN M. DUNCAN
>>>> Data Security Administrator
>>>> Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
>>>> 525 W. Monroe Street / Chicago, IL 60661-3693 p / (312) 577-8045 f /
>>>> (312) 577-4490 brian.duncan at kattenlaw.com / www.kattenlaw.com
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: zendto-bounces at zendto.com [mailto:zendto-bounces at zendto.com] On
>>>> Behalf Of Jules
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 3:57 AM
>>>> To: ZendTo Users
>>>> Subject: [ZendTo] Re: Version 3.56 released
>>>>
>>>> Found and fixed. I am just releasing 3.56-2 which corrects this.
>>>>
>>>> You'll need to check your preferences.php, but otherwise just 'rpm
>>>> -Uvh zendto-3.56-2.noarch.rpm'.
>>>> The only change I have made to preferences.php is to add "A-Z" after
>>>> every occurrence of "a-z" so it all handles upper-case email
>>>> addresses
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>
>>>        
>>>> and so on as well as lower-case ones.
>>>>
>>>> Jules.
>>>>
>>>> On 19/07/2010 20:32, Duncan, Brian M. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>> Hi Jules,
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know if I did something wrong but I cannot get local user
>>>>> authentication to work..
>>>>>
>>>>> This is what I did,  I downloaded the 3.56 RPM and updated on the
>>>>> 3.55.3 CentOS 64 bit VM.
>>>>>
>>>>> I then updated the new preferences.php to reflect using MySQL and
>>>>> added back in my specific config details, then re-ran the mysql
>>>>> command in the
>>>>> readme:
>>>>>
>>>>> mysql --user=zendto --password='password' zendto<      zendto.MySQL
>>>>>
>>>>> (using the correct password)
>>>>>
>>>>> I added a user called brian:
>>>>>
>>>>> [root at localhost bin]# ./adduser.php
>>>>> /opt/zendto/config/preferences.php
>>>>> 'brian' 'qv25v34' 'brian.duncan at kattenlaw.com' 'test' 'org'
>>>>> Created user:
>>>>> Username:     brian
>>>>> Password:     (secret)
>>>>> Email:        brian.duncan at kattenlaw.com
>>>>> Real name:    test
>>>>> Organization: org
>>>>>
>>>>> listusers.php shows:
>>>>>
>>>>> [root at localhost bin]# ./listusers.php
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> /opt/zendto/config/preferences.php
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>> brian   brian.duncan at kattenlaw.com      test    org
>>>>>
>>>>> When I try to login through the site I get this:
>>>>>
>>>>> Fatal error: Call to a member function DBReadLocalUser() on a
>>>>> non-object in /opt/zendto/lib/NSSLocalAuthenticator.php on line 121
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My preferences.php has:
>>>>>
>>>>>        //
>>>>>        // Settings for the Local SQL-based authenticator.
>>>>>        //
>>>>>        // See the commands in /opt/zendto/bin and the ChangeLog to use
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> this.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>>        'authenticator' =>      'Local',
>>>>>        'authLocalAdmins' =>      array('admin1','admin2','admin3'),
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The IMAP 'authenticator' is remarked out with //
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for any pointers to what I might be doing wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> BRIAN M. DUNCAN
>>>>> Data Security Administrator
>>>>> Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
>>>>> 525 W. Monroe Street / Chicago, IL 60661-3693 p / (312) 577-8045 f /
>>>>> (312) 577-4490 brian.duncan at kattenlaw.com / www.kattenlaw.com
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: zendto-bounces at zendto.com [mailto:zendto-bounces at zendto.com]
>>>>> On
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>
>>>        
>>>>> Behalf Of Jules
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 1:48 PM
>>>>> To: ZendTo Users
>>>>> Subject: [ZendTo] Version 3.56 released
>>>>>
>>>>> Evening all!
>>>>>
>>>>> I have added an SQL-based authenticator, so you can have a local
>>>>> list
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>
>>>        
>>>>> of users. This is now set as the default in new installations.
>>>>> There are also a few additions and corrections of other bits.
>>>>> The ChangeLog entry for the new version explains where you need to
>>>>> look to use it, and where to look if you are upgrading to it (there
>>>>> is
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>> a new database table for the list of users).
>>>>>
>>>>> Download from www.zendto.com as usual.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Change Log entry for this release is:
>>>>>
>>>>> - Fixed broken "main menu" link in template verify_sent.tpl.
>>>>> - Email addresses read from AD are trimmed of whitespace.
>>>>> - Regexp defining any valid email address is now set in
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> preferences.php.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>>         NOTE: You need to update your preferences.php file when
>>>>> upgrading to this!
>>>>> - Added a new authenticator "Local". This uses an SQL database table
>>>>> (stored
>>>>>         in the ZendTo database) to contain a list of users and their
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> details.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>>         In /opt/zendto/bin you will find a little set of scripts for
>>>>> maintaining
>>>>>         the list of users. Their names are self-explanatory.
>>>>>         For usage help, just run them without any command-line
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>> parameters.
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>>>         NOTE: If you are upgrading to this release, then before using
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>> this
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>>>               you must add the table to the database using:
>>>>>               SQLite - run the script
>>>>> /opt/zendto/sbin/UPGRADE/addUserTable.php
>>>>>               MySQL  - read /opt/zendto/sql/README.MySQL
>>>>>
>>>>> Jules
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Julian Field MEng CITP CEng
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