Re: Password problems with WebCat 4.01
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 34226
interpreted = N
texte = >[protect [dealerID]]This is not related to your problem, but now is a good time to mention are moving to a syntax where all parameters are required to be named, so it would be a good idea to start using [protect groups=[dealerID]] style syntax.>4.01 will not allow me to pass the password and username from a form >in this manner.Do you mean that you have form variables named literally username and password? If so, that could be the problem. For the same reason that [ipaddress] can no longer be 'overridden' with an incoming form variable, other fixed MIME headers like [username] and [password] cannot be passed in this way. Use different variable names if you intend to pass in such things from a form.>Since installing WC 4.01 Webstar is suffering intermittent crashes.Any debug logs or other information that will help us duplicate this in-house is appreciated.>And when it has not crashed in slows down considerably after about >400,000 connections, forcing us to restart it.Ditto, as always.>Lastly, we have had a large number of .tpl files corrupted, littered >with gremlins and having modification dates such as 09/27/00.Unless WebCatalog is being asked to write these files, I'm not sure how it could affect them. Is your disk structure OK?Technical Support ********************************** Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | eCommerce (WebCatalog) 16855 West Bernardo Drive, #380 | ------------------------- San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site Development WebCatalog Support: (858) 675-0632 | http://www.smithmicro.com Fax: (858) 675-0372 **********************************------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>[protect [dealerID]]This is not related to your problem, but now is a good time to mention are moving to a syntax where all parameters are required to be named, so it would be a good idea to start using [protect groups=[dealerID]] style syntax.>4.01 will not allow me to pass the password and username from a form >in this manner.Do you mean that you have form variables named literally username and password? If so, that could be the problem. For the same reason that [ipaddress] can no longer be 'overridden' with an incoming form variable, other fixed MIME headers like [username] and [password] cannot be passed in this way. Use different variable names if you intend to pass in such things from a form.>Since installing WC 4.01 Webstar is suffering intermittent crashes.Any debug logs or other information that will help us duplicate this in-house is appreciated.>And when it has not crashed in slows down considerably after about >400,000 connections, forcing us to restart it.Ditto, as always.>Lastly, we have had a large number of .tpl files corrupted, littered >with gremlins and having modification dates such as 09/27/00.Unless WebCatalog is being asked to write these files, I'm not sure how it could affect them. Is your disk structure OK?Technical Support ********************************** Smith Micro, Internet Solutions Div | eCommerce (WebCatalog) 16855 West Bernardo Drive, #380 | ------------------------- San Diego, CA 92127 | Software & Site Development WebCatalog Support: (858) 675-0632 | http://www.smithmicro.com Fax: (858) 675-0372 **********************************------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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