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Post by Phil on May 24, 2009 8:39:23 GMT
I'm having awful trouble logging in. I usually keep FF3 open all day, but I log in and out as I need to. FF3 holds my password.
Recently though, I have been coming back and it hasn't remembered me ( in the 'saved form' box?). I have to type in the full username (as opposed to just the first letter) then if I hit 'login' it comes up with the 'error' page but now neatly fills in my password so off I go!
If I empty the cache it sometimes clears it - but sometimes not. Closing the FFtab does not clear the fault - I have to close FF completely then it restores things once I reopen.
Assuming nobody else is having this problem, which has only started recently, what else do I need to clear/empty/reset to get things working properly again? I don't think it's Proboards coz I don't get the same problem with Google Chrome.
Thanks in advance.
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Post by SE13 on May 24, 2009 8:57:37 GMT
Good question and I await an answer.
I have a similar problem in that if there is a link within a post to another page here, it puts me as a guest, and I can't log in for love nor money. (This is also on Firefox)
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Post by Chris M on May 24, 2009 13:26:38 GMT
I'm using Firefox 3 on linux, also with stored passwords, and normally left open for many hours at a time (typically until flash either crashes it or slows it down to unusable speeds) and I'm not experiencing either of those issues.
It is however extremely rare that I log out.
Phil - what setting are you choosing for how long proboads remembers you when you log in?
Certainly for your problem SE13, possibly also for Phil's, it might be a corrupt cookie and it's a good idea to periodically clear them (make sure you know all your stored usernames and passwords first!) - in Firefox 3 press CTRL+SHIFT+DELETE, make sure that only "cookies" is checked and then click "clear private data now"
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Post by Dmitri on May 24, 2009 14:37:02 GMT
I use FF 3.0.10, and I've never experienced troubles you mention. I never log out, however.
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Post by Colin on May 24, 2009 14:56:28 GMT
I been having the odd issue with stored passwords, and not just on Proboards but other types of websites - I've concluded that it's a Firefox issue.
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Post by Phil on May 24, 2009 17:58:21 GMT
I been having the odd issue with stored passwords, and not just on Proboards but other types of websites - I've concluded that it's a Firefox issue. That's a relief - hope they fix it for FF3.5 which is due out last month in July. It never happened when I was still on FF2. |
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Post by Phil on May 27, 2009 17:14:03 GMT
For Colin and anyone else who's having problems, I found this FF addon: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4865Not only does it work brilliantly, it also found a 'rogue' DD stored password which I suspect was the root of the problem. |
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Post by SE13 on May 29, 2009 8:20:47 GMT
Downloading as I type. Thanks Phil.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2009 21:57:16 GMT
Should have used Internet Explorer  ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Colin on May 31, 2009 0:39:12 GMT
I'd expect that sort of comment from a Dinosaur! ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Tomcakes on May 31, 2009 1:24:06 GMT
Should have used Internet Explorer ;D ;D ;D What happens when IE will not run on your machine?  |
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Post by SE13 on May 31, 2009 6:56:38 GMT
Does anyone actually still use IE?  |
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Post by suncloud on May 31, 2009 7:32:21 GMT
I have to in one of my jobs  |
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Post by metrider on May 31, 2009 8:49:50 GMT
There appear to be two issues here. Firstly a bug in Firefox (were up to 3.0.10, but it was fixed in 3.0.9) www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/3.0.9/releasenotes/It's the Cooke corruption bug. The forum would store a key for your logon in a cookie. if that gets lost, you have to log back in. Secondly, the domain name of the forum seems to have subtly changed (not sure when). I have cookie control set fairly tightly in Firefox, and my settings were dropping the new cookies. I have to set up an exception to allow cookies form sites where I want a persistent logon to work. (and I prefer it that way!) The old exception that I had set ewhen I registered was to allow cookies from districtdave.proboards39.com, I have just had to set one up for districtdave.proboards.com. In Firefox, Cookies are controlled from Tools/Options/Privacy/Cookies section. So - Make sure you are updated to 3.0.10, and set an allow exclusion for the board. |
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Post by Colin on May 31, 2009 12:17:44 GMT
Yes, the server number was dropped from the URL about three months ago - Proboards have done this with all their forums and we've had no input in that whatsoever.
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Post by Phil on Jun 8, 2009 9:16:48 GMT
I now reckon it's a proboards thing. The latest (today) is that even sxipper won't recognize my login for any of the Proboards forums I have - intriguingly the (default) password manager is still recognizing me.
All my other sites are still recognized by sxipper so logically proboards must have made "improvements" over the weekend.
Or am I alone in this??
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Post by metrider on Jun 8, 2009 17:44:09 GMT
I now reckon it's a proboards thing. The latest (today) is that even sxipper won't recognize my login for any of the Proboards forums I have - intriguingly the (default) password manager is still recognizing me. All my other sites are still recognized by sxipper so logically proboards must have made "improvements" over the weekend. Or am I alone in this?? If you look in firefoxes Tools/Options/Privacy/Show-Cookies when the board has forgotten who you are, do you see three cookies form districtdave.proboards.com ? (named cdur, user and pass ?) These are how the board remembers you. If they disappear on their own, then it's probably Firefox, or some other pc maintenance or security software tidying up your cookies. Have you told Firefox to allow cookies from districtdave.proboards.com as per my post above? |
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Post by Phil on Jun 8, 2009 21:34:11 GMT
I now reckon it's a proboards thing. The latest (today) is that even sxipper won't recognize my login for any of the Proboards forums I have - intriguingly the (default) password manager is still recognizing me. All my other sites are still recognized by sxipper so logically proboards must have made "improvements" over the weekend. Or am I alone in this?? If you look in firefoxes Tools/Options/Privacy/Show-Cookies when the board has forgotten who you are, do you see three cookies form districtdave.proboards.com ? (named cdur, user and pass ?) These are how the board remembers you. If they disappear on their own, then it's probably Firefox, or some other pc maintenance or security software tidying up your cookies. Have you told Firefox to allow cookies from districtdave.proboards.com as per my post above? Basically yes, yes and yes! As with a lot of these things it now seems to have corrected itself without any input from me (not even a reboot)! But if I had a car which kept getting annoying faults like this, I'd be very worried................... |
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