[pubcookie-users] Problem with Pubcookie and zope/plone

[cristopher pierson ewing]

Nathan,

thanks for getting back.  I've interleaved below for clarity

C

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, Nathan Dors wrote:

> This scenario goes beyond my own experiences. But that doesn't stop me from 
> wondering about:
>
> 1). The differences between your development and production servers. Are they 
> both OS X 10.4.9, Apache 2.2, Zope/Plone x.y?

Both are OS X 10.4.9, one is a G4 desktop OS X 10.4.9, one is an intel 
XServe running OS X Server 10.4.9

Apache on G5:    2.2.3 apr 1.2.7 apr-util 1.2.7 pubcookie 3.3.2
Apache on Intel: 2.2.4 apr 1.2.8 apr-util 1.2.8 pubcookie 3.3.2c

Zope/Plone/Python versions identical

>
> 2). At step 5, are you sure the error message response is coming from the 
> Pubcookie.reply handler, or does it just look that way? If you watch the HTTP 
> you might see that the handler has redirected you back to the Zope Management 
> Interface (step 3), and that's where the error comes from. It could be 
> either. I just wanted to be sure.
I can't really tell that for sure, but the URL in the address bar in my 
browser is "http://my.server.edu/PubCookie.reply", and that's a URL that I 
never see if things are working correctly.

> -Nathan
>
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007, cristopher pierson ewing wrote:
>
>> I am working on setting up a server running zope/plone behind an apache 
>> proxy using pubcookie for authentication.  I've gotten this setup to work 
>> on a development server, so I know the instructions should work, but on the 
>> new server I'm running into a problem.
>> 
>> My server is an Intel Mac XServe running OSX Server 10.4.9
>> I'm using Apache 2.2, and pubcookie 3.3.2c, downloaded and compiled fresh 
>> on Tuesday this week (two days ago).
>> 
>> Pubcookie authentication works perfectly in the simple test case of a 
>> folder in my apache document root protected by .htaccess file.
>> 
>> Following the instructions at http://www.washington.edu/webinfo/case/zope/ 
>> I have built and installed apache mod_fba as a DSO, enabled mod_fba with 
>> the appropriate directives in all my <VirtualHost> sections, enabled proxy 
>> with the appropriate rewrite conditions and rules in each <VirtualHost>, 
>> added the appropriate RequestHeader directive to each <VirtualHost>, set up 
>> Auth using <Location> sections in my main httpd.conf file, compiled and 
>> installed LOGIN.c as directed, and restarted apache.  I've also added a 
>> CACSiteRoot to my zope instance, configured zope to accept passwordless 
>> logins, and prohibited access to zope from all but the localhost.
>> 
>> Interactions with the server at this point take the following course:
>> 1.  I request my server's URL from some machine:
>> 	http://my.server.edu/
>> 2.  I am served the zope introductory page, as expected
>> 3.  I click on the link to the Zope Management Interface (which should be 
>> pubcookie protected).
>> 4.  I am forwarded to the pubcookie login page where I log in using my 
>> UWNetID and password.
>> 5.  The pubcookie server redirects me back to my server where I get stuck 
>> on the following page request:
>> 	http://my.server.com/PubCookie.reply
>> and am greeted by an Internal Server Error message (HTTP 500).
>> 
>> Looking into the access, error, and ssl_request logs for the server reveal 
>> that it is the 'POST PubCookie.reply' request that is going awry, but there 
>> are _no_ errors shown in the error log whatsoever.  I am unsure of how to 
>> proceed in trying to debug this.
>> 
>> I've posted more about this problem to www-mgmt, the folks who maintain the 
>> case study cited above, but I figured since this looks like a problem with 
>> pubccookie, I might start here with trying to get some help.
>> 
>> Any ideas on where to go from here?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Cris
>> 
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