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Bug 5432 - Incorrect cookie prefix leads to problems with persistent logins


Summary:	Incorrect cookie prefix leads to problems with persistent logins

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	MediaWiki
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	User login and signup (Other open bugs)
Version:	1.6.x
Hardware:	PC All

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Nobody - You can work on this!

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Reported:	2006-04-02 20:17 UTC by Ilya Schurov
Modified:	2006-04-04 02:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Assignee Huggle Beta Tester:	---

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quick and dirty patch (1.88 KB, patch) 2006-04-02 20:19 UTC, Ilya Schurov	Details
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Description Ilya Schurov 2006-04-02 20:17:52 UTC

If $wgDBprefix is set and $wgCookiePrefix not equal to $wgDBname, problem with
persistent logins occurs (i.e. the system doesn't remember user even if
appropriate options is set). In file includes/User.php the system tries to use
$wgDBname as cookie prefix on setting and then $wgCookiePrefix on getting the
cookie. 

See also bug #1396.

Comment 1 Ilya Schurov 2006-04-02 20:19:49 UTC

Created attachment 1494 [details]
quick and dirty patch

Proposed patch looks to solve the problem, but not yet well tested.

Comment 2 Brion Vibber 2006-04-03 00:55:02 UTC

Fixed in trunk, r13436. Per patch, plus fixes in User::logout().

Comment 3 Ilya Schurov 2006-04-03 18:37:36 UTC

OK, thanks. How long does it takes for fix to appear in current CVS version?

Comment 4 Rob Church 2006-04-03 19:30:43 UTC

We're no longer using CVS due to SourceForge's unannounced and unexplained
downtime. The SVN repo is now maintained at http://svn.wikimedia.org and there's
no lag for anonymous reads. More information at
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Subversion.

Comment 5 Ilya Schurov 2006-04-03 21:26:33 UTC

Thanks, Rob. BTW, there's no any notes about SVN on
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download -- is it just temporarily situation and
will be fixed soon?

Comment 6 Rob Church 2006-04-04 02:42:48 UTC

Brion's in the process of updating that documentation, etc. now.

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