I get an extra prompt at login. saying, ‘ichain’, ‘suse asking for name and password’ in a popup window. I have to click cancel two times for two popups to get to the normal login screen. The button you click for login is missing a picture.
Yes, I also experienced that. I suspect something misconfigured on the web server.
On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:26:03 +0000, nrickert wrote:
> Yes, I also experienced that. I suspect something misconfigured on the
> web server.
Not seeing it here - can you both clear cache/cookies and try again?
Jim
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On the next reboot, the problem disappeared.
The same here.
Well, more correctly, it wasn’t a reboot. I logged out, closed and restarted the browser (I typically do that once per day). And on the next login it was fine.
On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:46:03 +0000, nrickert wrote:
> lord_valarian;2410289 Wrote:
>> On the next reboot, the problem disappeared.
> The same here.
>
> Well, more correctly, it wasn’t a reboot. I logged out, closed and
> restarted the browser (I typically do that once per day). And on the
> next login it was fine.
Good to know, thanks for the confirmation. 
Jim
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I got redirected to novel login page. ?? My username and password still work.
Hi
Yes, temporary, see;
http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=468911
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We keep getting logged out too.
Since the recent change(s) to the forum login process, frequent log outs have been experienced. A trace of cookies associated with the forum (domains: forums.opensuse.org and .opensuse.org), it appears that the cookie vbseo_loggedin is set to a value of yes with an expiry of exactly one (1) hour after the login completes. The effect is the equivalent of a log out after that time has passed.
Unless one is watching the clock, this expiry comes without warning. If the forum participant is attempting a reply, the login process can (and has) resulted in loss of typed/unsent material. As a result, it is necessary to conform responses to this one-hour window. Personally, I have delayed some responses for this reason, and, frankly, have forgotten others to which I might respond.
I understand the security concerns of abandoned logins, and readily admit to walking away without logging out. I do think that the fixed one-hour limit is unreasonably short, and offer a suggestion: allow the log in expiry time to dynamically extend, based on continued usage. Since this cookie-controlled expiry is set (most likely) by HTML/CSS/javascript/<something else>, it should be possible to extend (via browser cookie modification) this login expiry time. If the control is at the server, then some other technique is required.
I have noted a decrease in postings on several sub-forums. I can only speculate the cause(s), though my postings have been affected. I believe that this problem only affects web (HTTP) users, and NNTP users should not be affected. As I do not (yet) use the NNTP facility, this is, of course, my speculation.
On 12/06/2011 06:46 PM, SeanMc98 wrote:
> I
> believe that this problem only affects web (HTTP) users, and NNTP users
> should not be affected. As I do not (yet) use the NNTP facility, this
> is, of course, my speculation.
nntp users do not log in…
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SeanMc98 wrote:
> please_try_again;2412346 Wrote:
>> We keep getting logged out too.
>
> Since the recent change(s) to the forum login process, frequent log
> outs have been experienced. A trace of cookies associated with the
> forum (domains: forums.opensuse.org and .opensuse.org), it appears that
> the cookie -vbseo_loggedin- is set to a value of -yes- with an expiry of
> exactly one (1) hour after the login completes. The effect is the
> equivalent of a log out after that time has passed.
Just a thought about cookies. It is now illegal to send cookies to
anybody in the EU without explicitly asking for permission first. It’s
also been stated that the fact that cookies are currently used, for e.g.
session management, is not sufficent reason to require their use in
future. Other techniques are available. So their use cannot be a
requirement to login.
Implementation of the law has been delayed for a year while systems are
changed, but the authorities have said that they will consider what
steps organizations have taken to comply with the law when they consider
prosecution. Is there a plan and does this upgrade move toward
elimination of cookies?
On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:18:10 +0000, Dave Howorth wrote:
> Implementation of the law has been delayed for a year while systems are
> changed, but the authorities have said that they will consider what
> steps organizations have taken to comply with the law when they consider
> prosecution. Is there a plan and does this upgrade move toward
> elimination of cookies?
Probably not until the law’s implementation has been fleshed out, but
very likely what will happen (I am not a lawyer, so take this for what
it’s worth) that the terms and conditions for use will probably have to
be updated with a statement that says “cookies are used for session
management on this website”, and that probably should be sufficient to
cover it.
If it’s not, I’m sure the lawyers at Attachmate/SUSE/Novell will figure
out what’s needed to be compliant.
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> Probably not until the law’s implementation has been fleshed out, but
> very likely what will happen (I am not a lawyer, so take this for what
> it’s worth) that the terms and conditions for use will probably have to
> be updated with a statement that says “cookies are used for session
> management on this website”, and that probably should be sufficient to
> cover it.
You’d think so, but no it won’t. That possibility has already been ruled
out. You cannot use T&C; you must ask explicitly. And since there are
other ways to do session management, you cannot require users to allow
cookies to access the site; you must offer another choice. Or at least
that’s how I understand it. IANAL either. This page shows the kind of
thing they expect http://www.ico.gov.uk/
On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:44:38 +0000, Dave Howorth wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Probably not until the law’s implementation has been fleshed out, but
>> very likely what will happen (I am not a lawyer, so take this for what
>> it’s worth) that the terms and conditions for use will probably have to
>> be updated with a statement that says “cookies are used for session
>> management on this website”, and that probably should be sufficient to
>> cover it.
>
> You’d think so, but no it won’t. That possibility has already been ruled
> out. You cannot use T&C; you must ask explicitly. And since there are
> other ways to do session management, you cannot require users to allow
> cookies to access the site; you must offer another choice. Or at least
> that’s how I understand it. IANAL either. This page shows the kind of
> thing they expect http://www.ico.gov.uk/
Well, like I said, that’s something for the lawyers to work out to ensure
compliance. I’m confident that they will advise appropriately if/when
the time comes.
Jim
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