From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: yngves.svendsen@clustra.com
To: gnats-gnats@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: gnatsweb/178: When cookie points to non-existing database, login is impossible
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 10:44:00 -0000
Message-id: <20010422173821.21465.qmail@sourceware.cygnus.com>
X-SW-Source: 2001-q2/msg00035.html
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>Number:         178
>Category:       gnatsweb
>Synopsis:       When cookie points to non-existing database, login is impossible
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Apr 22 10:44:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     yngves.svendsen@clustra.com
>Release:        Gnats 4 CVS with post-2.33 Gnatsweb patch from Dirk Bergstrom
>Organization:
>Environment:

>Description:
I reinstalled my Gnats 4 and installed the latest Gnatsweb, with Dirk's patch. Then I set up a test database, using a different database name than the old setup I had.

Now, the old cookie stored in my web browser causes it to attempt to log into the no longer existing database. I get a 417 error, saying that the old database doesn't exist. There is no way to get to the login screen of Gnatsweb in order to log into the new database.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Make Gnatsweb redirect the user to the login screen when this error occurs.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: