Posting URLs
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 2:35 am
There's a major issue with posting links, it only really becomes a problem when linking to an area which isn't public however.
Consider posting a link to
Most of us would simply copy and paste the link and end up with..
Which when someone else clicks goes wrong, because the session ID is passed as in the URL as a variable, the session ID doesn't match anyones (apart from the posters specific session, which changes with each log on) and the forum appears to be relying upon the URL for authentication.
If anyone doesn't have these issues, perhaps they could post there browser and OS? I noticed Xanatos had a link like it, other people have mentioned it in chat, and I've had it on Windows XP and Windows 7 with Chrome, will try on Fedora in the morning.
Work-around
When posting links ensure to remove the SID variable at the end of the URL. If clicking a link and it doesn't work, try copying and pasting YOUR SID from another tab/window.
If that fails, take out the forum variable and the post variable (f and p) and edit them into the URL of the current thread before loading that URL.
For example:
(Note, Do NOT log in again as it will most likely wipe your current SID from the database losing your existing session, and you will be redirected to the forum index - not even gaining access to the thread specified; perhaps something else that needs exploring - logging in wont reffer you to the correct post!)
Administration
Appears to be either incorrect cookie settings or incorrect php settings. (phpBB Support Forum 9 & phpBB Bug Report)
Consider posting a link to
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http://night-ops.net/forum/posting.php?mode=quote&f=5&p=7559&sid=a6cf670a7bd038e52bf1a9ce87d367cb
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http://night-ops.net/forum/posting.php?mode=quote&f=5&p=7559&sid=[31charSessionID]
If anyone doesn't have these issues, perhaps they could post there browser and OS? I noticed Xanatos had a link like it, other people have mentioned it in chat, and I've had it on Windows XP and Windows 7 with Chrome, will try on Fedora in the morning.
Work-around
When posting links ensure to remove the SID variable at the end of the URL. If clicking a link and it doesn't work, try copying and pasting YOUR SID from another tab/window.
If that fails, take out the forum variable and the post variable (f and p) and edit them into the URL of the current thread before loading that URL.
For example:
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Current URL -
http://night-ops.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=7559&sid=[YOURSessionID]
Desired URL -
http://night-ops.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1014&sid=[SomeoneElsesSessionID]
End URL -
http://night-ops.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1014&sid=[YOURSessionID]
Administration
Appears to be either incorrect cookie settings or incorrect php settings. (phpBB Support Forum 9 & phpBB Bug Report)