Anybody noticed an absentee?

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Samray · #1 Post by **Samray** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:48 am

Been trying to get hacksaw boy reconnected to RS for over a week.
We have established that the prob is at his end and not with the site but that is no consolation and any suggestions are welcome.

Nooj wrote:Tried that, still get the same thing.

Tried logging in from all possible places, enter username and password, get taken to the main page where my username and password appear in the log in bit ready for me, click the log in button and immediately get returned to the main page with my details already filled in.

Tried deleating cookies and emptying temp internet file, no difference. It started after I installed firefox, so can only asume that's where the problem is, but I'm not going back to IE as it's too slow and crap. If I can find a passing six year old to come in and sort it out for me I'm sure it'll work properly. Annoying, but then life is. Thanks for trying.

D-Rider · #2 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:37 pm

..... and let this be a lesson to anyone else who has not yet contributed to the "keep the forum running fund" .......

BTW .... just so as not to cast too many aspersions, I have no idea who has or has not contributed - including nooj

D-Rider · #3 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:40 pm

Just a thought, but could it be a firewall issue? I know we have problems occasionally connecting to some sites from work because of the tight firewall there.

Dalemac · #4 Post by **Dalemac** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:59 pm

Almost definately an IP issue.

I have the same problem, not just with this forum but also my local forum.

basically, the user logs in, page refreshes, IP address changes, causing the website to log the user out (or more probably, the session cookie is storing the IP address)

I could be wrong, but just to rule this out tell him to go to http://whatismyipaddress.com/ and refresh the page a few times. If he is on a rolling IP address, the IP address will change and this will confirm that this is the problem.

In the settings there should be an option to disable IP checking in session cookies. Alternatively, you could use a hack like this:

http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/457

Dale

Samray · #5 Post by **Samray** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:34 pm

Cheers chaps. Have passed that all on.

paddyz1 · #6 Post by **paddyz1** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:49 pm

He has probably cut the wrong wire with his hacksaw

Samray · #7 Post by **Samray** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 2:03 pm

fastasfcuk · #8 Post by **fastasfcuk** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 6:37 pm

D-Rider wrote:..... and let this be a lesson to anyone else who has not yet contributed to the "keep the forum running fund" .......

BTW .... just so as not to cast too many aspersions, I have no idea who has or has not contributed - including nooj

guilty ma lord where do i send my donation before i get burnt.

Samray · #9 Post by **Samray** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 6:46 pm

Oh, Oh, Oh, ..... here

and the thread about it is here

ligloo · #10 Post by **ligloo** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:32 pm

damn! thought this might have been about me.... can see I wasn't missed

hello all

D-Rider · #11 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:48 pm

ligloo wrote:damn! thought this might have been about me.... can see I wasn't missed

hello all

I did wonder where you'd gone ..... and for how long we were going to be safe ......

Looks as though our time is up.

Welcome back (get the bar open)

Samray · #12 Post by **Samray** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:18 pm

Nooj wrote:Interesting stuff. Checked my IP address and it's static. Not sure about the fire wall, I presume there is one on here, using Vista, any known Vista/RiderSite issues?? I've deleated my cookies again to see if that makes any difference.

Falcomille · #13 Post by **Falcomille** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:33 pm

Samray wrote:
Nooj wrote:Interesting stuff. Checked my IP address and it's static. Not sure about the fire wall, I presume there is one on here, using Vista, any known Vista/RiderSite issues?? I've deleated my cookies again to see if that makes any difference.

Hi Nooj - sorry to hear you've lost your voice. I'me using Vista, IE and accessing with no problems. Surely Debz can fix an itsy-bitsy problem like this for you? She can fire up a PDP-11 for chrissake!

Dalemac · #14 Post by **Dalemac** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:14 pm

So its not the IP address he is having issues with. ( i still do though!)

Deleting cookies is one thing, but if its a virus which is causing the problem he wont know until he does a few scans.

Dale

Firestarter · #15 Post by **Firestarter** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:15 am

I'm running Vista and Firefox at home, have no probs with access

Be worth checking the security settings for Firefox, making sure that cookies are enabled. Try IE as well on the same machine, if that works then it's not likely firewall or IP, it's more likely Firefox.

Try using the "Clear Private Data" option in Firefox and bin everything, cookes, sessions, usernames & passwords, then start from scratch - unfortunately you'll then have to remember your account details for everything!