[Zope] zope2+netscape security?

Robin Becker robin@jessikat.demon.co.uk
Thu, 8 Jul 1999 19:38:29 +0100


In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.9907082009520.15151-100000@gatekeeper.zwax.mtg
.co.at>, Andreas Kostyrka <andreas@mtg.co.at> writes
>On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, Robin Becker wrote:
>
>> I am running a local 127.0.0.1 Zope2 under  win9x. Using netscape I log
>> in as manager. I start another (simultaneous) copy of netscape and I
>> find I have the same permissions as the logged in browser. If I use IE
>> as the second browser I don't. I assume that this is a problem with
>> netscape.
>Nope, this is probably a problem with Windows not allowing a second copy
>of netscape to run. Netscape quite correctly assumes, that the user is
>the same on all windows, so it sends the BasicAuth entered in one window
>from all windows afterwards. On UNIX, if you start a second copy of
>netscape, you get a warning about not being able to share the cache and
>other items. The second Netscape doesn't supply the authentication from
>the first one, as it does not know a thing about it :)
>
>Andreas
but both netscapes are quite happy to run simultaneously :(
-- 
Robin Becker