Re: [Protect] tag NOT working in 4.01 with Webstar 4.2 !

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 35415
interpreted = N
texte = All melodrama aside, I have solved this problem by replacing the users.db with an older version from back up. It seems the users.db was somehow corrupted. My sense of concern about this problem rose from the fact that anybody could go to the admin templates and do what ever they wanted. The protect tag would not work, period.Is this a design flaw or bug in WebCatalog if a corrupted users database defeats the protect tag?Thanks, Paul >Dear Technical Support, > >The [Protect] tag is NOT working in 4.01 with Webstar 4.2 ! > >Please see http://209.41.248.134/testf/file5.tpl . > >It contains a protect tag for the group test1, username = test1, >password = testit. But you won't need those since the protect tag is >NOT working. > >I can provide you with FTP access to the testF folder so you can >see the code on the page for yourself. But here it is otherwise: > > >[protect test1] > >###WebCat Version = [version]###
[date] -- [time]
>This page displays ignoring the protect tag!
>WebCatalog tags ARE being interpretted.

>This page has been tested on a variety of machines and browsers
> with the same negative results. Each time the [raw][protect >test1][/raw] tag
> is ignored and no authenticate dialogue box is presented.

>Username = [username]
>Password = [password]

##### > > > >Why wouldn't that work? Test1 is a newly created account. It also >does not work on other accounts in the same or different groups >leaving things wide open when they are thought to be secure...... >Restarting the server, the browsers, the machines the browsers are on >all have no effect. > >Ironically, our main server has identical software, server and plugs >ins and it does NOT have this problem. > >Thank you for your attention in this matter, > >Paul _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/|\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/Paul Uttermohlen, Interactive Ink, Inc._\_\_ \_\_\_\_ _/_/_/ mailto:paul@ims1.com - Website Development \_\_\_\_ _/_/_/ Business - _\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/ Real Estate - _\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ | \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [Protect] tag NOT working in 4.01 with Webstar 4.2 ! (Paul Uttermohlen 2000)
  2. [Protect] tag NOT working in 4.01 with Webstar 4.2 ! (Paul Uttermohlen 2000)
All melodrama aside, I have solved this problem by replacing the users.db with an older version from back up. It seems the users.db was somehow corrupted. My sense of concern about this problem rose from the fact that anybody could go to the admin templates and do what ever they wanted. The protect tag would not work, period.Is this a design flaw or bug in WebCatalog if a corrupted users database defeats the protect tag?Thanks, Paul >Dear Technical Support, > >The [protect] tag is NOT working in 4.01 with Webstar 4.2 ! > >Please see http://209.41.248.134/testf/file5.tpl . > >It contains a protect tag for the group test1, username = test1, >password = testit. But you won't need those since the protect tag is >NOT working. > >I can provide you with FTP access to the testF folder so you can >see the code on the page for yourself. But here it is otherwise: > > >[protect test1] > >###WebCat Version = [version]###
[date] -- [time]
>This page displays ignoring the protect tag!
>WebCatalog tags ARE being interpretted.

>This page has been tested on a variety of machines and browsers
> with the same negative results. Each time the [raw][protect >test1][/raw] tag
> is ignored and no authenticate dialogue box is presented.

>Username = [username]
>Password = [password]

##### > > > >Why wouldn't that work? Test1 is a newly created account. It also >does not work on other accounts in the same or different groups >leaving things wide open when they are thought to be secure...... >Restarting the server, the browsers, the machines the browsers are on >all have no effect. > >Ironically, our main server has identical software, server and plugs >ins and it does NOT have this problem. > >Thank you for your attention in this matter, > >Paul _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/|\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/Paul Uttermohlen, Interactive Ink, Inc._\_\_ \_\_\_\_ _/_/_/ mailto:paul@ims1.com - Website Development \_\_\_\_ _/_/_/ Business - _\_\_\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/ Real Estate - _\_\_\_\_ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ | \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Paul Uttermohlen

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