[Zope] Unable to get manage scree ... looping on contacting host

[Bill Anderson]

Michel Pelletier wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Anderson [mailto:banderson@boi.hp.com]
> > Sent: Monday, April 05, 1999 7:03 PM
> > To: zope@zope.org
> > Subject: [Zope] Unable to get manage scree ... looping on contacting
> > host
> >
> >
> > Ok, I have been prototyping a new website on a non-standard port, to
> > keep the current one functional.
> > Now that the new site is ready, and I switch it to port 80, I have a
> > problem.
> > I can acess the site just fine. However, when I try to go to
> > the manage
> > screen, it loops on contacting the server (from netscape).
> > The logs fill
> > up with:
> >
> > anderson - - [05/Apr/1999 16:58:29] "GET /manage_main HTTP/1.0" 401 -
> >
> > and
> >
> > anderson - - [05/Apr/1999 16:58:23] "GET /manage_menu HTTP/1.0" 401 -
> >
> > and
> >
> > anderson - - [05/Apr/1999 16:58:23] "GET /manage HTTP/1.0" 401 -
> >
> > Running the current download, without apache/pcgi.
> >
> 
> Woah.  That's cool.  Never heard of this before, so I have some
> questions?
> 
> What version of Zope?

Latest Download.

> 
> When you say without apache do you mean ZopeHTTPServer or ZServer?

ZopeHTTPServer. I guess I am waiting for Python 1.5.2 and WebDAV before
running Zserver ;-)

> 
> Have you tried it from a different browser?

Funny thing ... installed vmware to run windows on for the purpose of
cross-browser issues and forgot all about it!


> 
> Does Netscape hang while the server loops or does the browser loop with
> it (meaning can you see it doing this or is Netscape just looking dumb).
> 

Netscape's status bar kept flashing 'contacting host' 'downloading data'
'done' ... repeat.

> It's hard for me to believe that this is a server isolated problem,
> there must be some kind of browser interaction involved here.

Well, I had cleared the cache, memory and disk, just to be sure. No
effect. After exiting the browser for a bit, it seems to have resolved
itsself. Apparently the infamous netscape secret cache had struck. it
appears to me that The server was asking for authentication, and the
browser was returning something the server was unhappy anout, so it
challenged the browser again ... and again.

Which reminds me ... it would be nice if I could set  some sort of time
limit on authorizations, or a way to log out of the management screens.
Quite annoying to have to kill the browser to log in as another user
(for verification, etc.), or to make sure no-one else is able to get in.
Is there somewhere this can be done that I am missing?


-- 
Bill Anderson 					Linux Administrator
MCS-Boise (ARC)					banderson@boi.hp.com
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