cookie_usage.php problem from force cookie use

[tcshadow]

I've moved oscmax from shared hosting to dedicated hosting and if I force cookie use I get redirected to cookie_usage.php when I attempt to log in.

I am not using a shared SSL certificate.

Any ideas why this is happening? What do i have to do to make it behave like it did on my shared hosting?

Cheers!

[jpf]

I never use forced cookies - never had a problem. I force cookies - I have problems....

[michael_s]

This usually happens when the cookie domain parameter is not properly set in the configure.php file.

[tcshadow]

 // Define the webserver and path parameters
// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)
// * DIR_WS_* = Webserver directories (virtual/URL)
  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.mydomain.com'); // eg, http://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.mydomain.com'); // eg, https://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers 
  define('ENABLE_SSL', true); // secure webserver for checkout procedure?
  define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.mydomain.com');
  define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.mydomain.com'); 
  define('HTTP_COOKIE_PATH', 'cookies/');  
  define('HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH', 'cookies/');
  define('DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG', '/');
  define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');
  define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');    
  define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');
  define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
  define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');
  define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');
  define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');
  define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');
  define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');

  define('DIR_WS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', 'pub/');
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/var/www/mydomain.com/public_html/');
  define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');
  define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'pub/'); 
  

 // Define the webserver and path parameters
// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)
// * DIR_WS_* = Webserver directories (virtual/URL)
  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.mydomain.com'); // eg, http://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers
  define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://www.mydomain.com');
  define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://mydomain.com'); // martin edit removed www
  define('ENABLE_SSL_CATALOG', true); // secure webserver for catalog module   
  define('DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT', '/var/www/mydomain.com/public_html/admin/'); // where the pages are located on the server
  define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/admin/'); // absolute path required
  define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/var/www/mydomain.com/public_html/admin/'); // absolute pate required
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/'); // absolute path required
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/var/www/mydomain.com/public_html/'); // absolute path required
  define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');
  define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_IMAGES', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'images/'); 
  define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
  define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');
  define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');
  define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');
  define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');
  define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_IMAGES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'images/'); 
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_MODULES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'includes/modules/');
  define('DIR_FS_BACKUP', DIR_FS_ADMIN . 'backups/');
  define('DIR_FCKEDITOR', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'FCKeditor/');
  define('DIR_WS_FCKEDITOR', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'FCKeditor/'); 
  

See any problems there?

[tcshadow]

I never use forced cookies - never had a problem. I force cookies - I have problems....

I don't want session IDs... it'll mess with everything.

Worked fine before I moved it off shared hosting

[michael_s]

Should work fine. Change the cookie domain to:

define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', '.mydomain.com');
define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', '.mydomain.com');

Make sure you set to store sessions in MySQL (you did not post that setting from the configure.php)

Then make sure to delete all cookies for your domain that are stored in your browser. That should kick things in for you. If not, I will look closer for you.

[tcshadow]

This problem was fixed with the help of my host who realised that on a dedicated server the register_globals and register_long_arrays had to be turned on in the etc directory php.ini and not in the .htaccess


Also a further problem we had with SEO URLs not working properly was because while it appeared that redirect was on it wasn't actually working...

From the words of my webhost

It was some stupid default configuration options causing the issue. Because of the way myparentdomain.com was set-up because it shares an IP with the webmin, usermin and phpmyadmin the configuration was conflicting with the ‘standard’ out of the box apache.

I never would have seen it and there was NOTHING online that would indicate this type of issue occurring or a fix for it so it was just a process of elimination to find the cause and get rid of it.

The actual fix was to remove all the default policies apache applies to all ‘virtual hosts’ and define them individually per host if that makes sense.

[michael_s]

Server configuration will kill you every time... Glad you have your server properly configured now.