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

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

Changes by: Ron Cordell <address@hidden>
Date: 2003-Jan-27 20:14 (GMT)

------------------ Additional Follow-up Comments ----------------------------
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.



=================== BUG #2382: FULL BUG SNAPSHOT ===================


Submitted by: roncordell              Project: Savannah                     
Submitted on: 2003-Jan-23 13:37
Category:  Site Admin                 Severity:  5 - Average                
Priority:  Normal                     Bug Group:  None                      
Resolution:  None                     Assigned to:  villate                 
Status:  Open                         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: 2003-Jan-27 20:14             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: 2003-Jan-23 19:41             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: 2003-Jan-23 15:44             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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