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While working on today's hints, I noticed a problem with the user database -- basically, whenever one user changed their "remember me for how long" setting (in the Account Information screen), Geeklog would apply that setting to all users in the system! Whoops!

After some digging, I figured out what was going on. It wasn't a security hole of any sort, just a missing where clause on a database call that would limit the update to just one user. I hadn't noticed the problem before because it only occurs when you're using a custom registration screen (as we're now doing with the captcha to shut down the comment spambots -- over 100 spam accounts were denied yesterday alone). Apparently this bug was fixed in the Geeklog CVS, but never in the release version.

I fixed the code, but if you have an account here, you should visit the above Account Information screen (the link above should work) and re-select your desired "remember me for how long" setting. Sorry for the inconvenience!

-rob.
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Site glitch with login timeout repaired
Authored by: googoo on Oct 03, '06 10:55:48AM

That is a relief! I thought I was going crazy. I knew that my logon should not have expired so frequently. :-)

-Mark



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Site glitch with login timeout repaired
Authored by: zorze on Oct 03, '06 02:13:57PM

A bit out of context, but I found another site glitch : If the preferred site language is set to French (Canada) or French (Canada UTF-8), it is impossible to submit a hint or a comment. French (France) is OK. There may be other problematic languages.



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Ah, so that explains it!
Authored by: jiclark on Oct 04, '06 01:09:57PM

So this explains what was behind our exchange last week, eh Rob? I don't know if you remember, but I had emailed you because I was noticing that I had to login almost every time I visited the site...

Glad you found the problem relatively quickly!!

Thanks,
John



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still experiencing site login glitch...
Authored by: jspivack on Oct 10, '06 11:23:03PM

I'm still experiencing this glitch. I reselected the preference ("monthly") the day that you posted this item, and the site still forgets me every day. FYI, I'm using firefox 1.5.0.7 on Windows XP SP2 at work.



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