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Re: [gfwiki] Re: GF Wiki - Can't access LeftMenu

From: Senthil Chidambaram <cchidamb_at_sun.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:44:36 -0700

Yes, we've to schedule times to do maintainence/upgrade etc. Need to
think about High Availability, may be clustering/LB support etc. How
long are we going to use NB's resource, when are we going to have our
own. Let's have a meeting, and decide on the above issues as well.

thx
Senthil
Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart wrote:

> Let's have a meeting concall/f2f sometime next week to do a pass on
> the Wiki status?
>
> - eduard/o
>
> Senthil Chidambaram wrote:
>
>> I think all the login/authentication issues are fixed now.
>>
>> Root Cause:
>>
>> * Somebody changed our server.policy which prevents read access to
>> certain wiki pages.
>> * Not sure who added the [ALLOW{edit <username}] which allows edit
>> only to that particular user.
>>
>> How do we prevent this:
>>
>> * If we've a controlled access to the machine we can prevent
>> server.policy file changes.
>> * Adding [ALLOW {}] entry to a particular wiki page, we've to be
>> considerate to other users, after all wiki is meant for sharing.
>>
>> thx
>> Senthil
>> Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks. Another customer had the same problem, but just with a plain
>>> login, so it seems there is an authentication/authorization problem.
>>> Exceprt from his email:
>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> Eduardo ,
>>> I have tried to access the glassfish wiki login page at :
>>> http://www.glassfishwiki.org/gfwiki/Login.jsp
>>> but it shows the following message , can you please let me know
>>> whether it is a restriction for my IP address (Iran) or it is a
>>> problem in glassfish wiki pages.
>>>
>>> here is the message :
>>> Forbidden
>>>
>>> Sorry, but you are not allowed to do that.
>>>
>>> Usually we block access to something because you do not have the
>>> correct privileges (e.g., read, edit, comment) for the page you are
>>> looking for. In this particular case, it is likely that you are not
>>> listed in the page’s access control list or that your privileges
>>> aren’t high enough (you want to edit, but ACL only allows ‘read’).
>>>
>>> It is also possible that JSPWiki cannot find its security policy, or
>>> that the policy is not configured correctly. Either of these cases
>>> would cause JSPWiki to block access, too.
>>> >>>>>
>>>
>>> - eduard/o
>>>
>>> Senthil Chidambaram wrote:
>>>
>>>> Will look into it, and let you know.
>>>>
>>>> thx
>>>> Senthil
>>>> Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I cannot edit the LeftMenu; the wiki claims I don't have enough
>>>>> rights. I think it started happening today.
>>>>>
>>>>> The message says:
>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> Forbidden
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, but you are not allowed to do that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Usually we block access to something because you do not have the
>>>>> correct privileges (e.g., read, edit, comment) for the page you
>>>>> are looking for. In this particular case, it is likely that you
>>>>> are not listed in the page’s access control list or that your
>>>>> privileges aren’t high enough (you want to edit, but ACL only
>>>>> allows ‘read’).
>>>>>
>>>>> It is also possible that JSPWiki cannot find its security policy,
>>>>> or that the policy is not configured correctly. Either of these
>>>>> cases would cause JSPWiki to block access, too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Better luck next time.
>>>>>
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