[SPTUsers] Strange Behavior #2

[Edward Almasy]

On Sun, Mar 09, at 02:30:47PM, Jim Feld wrote:
> I have been doing some experimentation with browsers and I have found 
> that Internet Explorer is the only browser that will handle the login 
> logout properly.  Other browsers ( I have tested about 5) will only work 
> if caching is turned off or if the cache is emptied before logging in or 
> logging out.
> Another variable, of course, is that the site is being served from an 
> OSX server.  Are there any aspects of the forms which need to be 
> submitted through SPT that would require special setup on an OSX server? 
> Are there any aspects of the forms which are using Microsoft FP (Front 
> Page) extensions?

   This is very odd, as we have a bug reported by another site that logins
   work on their installation with every browser *except* for IE, however
   they are running SuSE Linux, not OS X.  On the other site, the problem
   seems to involve cookie storage:  SPT uses a single cookie value (to store
   a session ID), and when you try to login to the SuSE-based site, IE
   silently throws the cookie away.

   We are looking into both problems.  In the mean time the one thing I can
   assure you of is that SPT does not make use of Front Page extensions in
   any way.  If you uncover any additional details about the problem at your
   site, please send a note to sptsupport at scout.wisc.edu with the info.

   Thanks.

   Ed



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