[Mailman-Users] Re: Bug in Mailman version 1.1 - problem with cookies?

blurr at txraves.org blurr at txraves.org
Thu Dec 16 23:06:01 CET 1999


when the web interface(/mailman/admin/listname) actually works i get this message:

Error decoding authorization cookie. 

at the top of the page above the password prompt and i think its related.

anyone else get this?
---
-] jordan
-] blurr at txraves.org
-] http://www.txraves.org/~blurr

- [ s p r e a d  t h a  v i b e ] -

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <blurr at txraves.org>
To: "Mailman-users" <mailman-users at python.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 10:35 AM
Subject: Bug in Mailman version 1.1 - problem with cookies?


> just like to say i've been running mailman for a good while now and i've turned
> into a total list whore! =P
> 
> heres a recent problem i've run into that i'm thinking has to do with cookies.  it
> breaks on my machine(internet exploder & nutscrape) but works fine on another
> machine.
> 
> Bug in Mailman version 1.1
> 
> We're sorry, we hit a bug!
> 
> If you would like to help us identify the problem, please email a copy of this page to the webmaster for this site with a
> description of what happened. Thanks!
> 
> Traceback:
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "/home/mailman/scripts/driver", line 112, in run_main
>     main()
>   File "/home/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/admin.py", line 103, in main
>     is_auth = lst.WebAuthenticate(password=adminpw,
>   File "/home/mailman/Mailman/SecurityManager.py", line 83, in WebAuthenticate
>     return self.CheckCookie(cookie_key)
>   File "/home/mailman/Mailman/SecurityManager.py", line 117, in CheckCookie
>     if cookiedata[keylen+1] <> '"' and cookiedata[-1] <> '"':
> IndexError: string index out of range
> 
> any ideas?
> 
> thanks!
> ---
> -] jordan
> -] blurr at txraves.org
> -] http://www.txraves.org/~blurr
> 
> - [ s p r e a d  t h a  v i b e ] -
> 



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Does mailman have a way to convert mbox or mailbox files from other list
managers, not majordomo, into the mailman layout/format?  I have a number
of lists that I'd like to convert.

Thanks,

Joe







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