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#5215 Cookies Enabled
Sirs;
Keep getting the message, at the main "localhost:10000/session_login.cgi" screen:
"Error - No cookies
Your browser does not support cookies, which are required for this web server to work in session authentication mode"
But cookiies are on!
Would like to know what to look for!
Cheers!
TBNK
PS
Cookie were declared a security risk and banned from use by the IISC in April 1998. Why are you using technology that violates security?
TBNK
Jamie, I have also encountered this error in non-SSL mode in Chrome browser.
For me, enabling to force SSL solved the issue.
All,
I'm normally using FireFox but also have Chrome available. If this is
an SSL issue, why isn't the SSL certificate exception popup showing?
Cheers!
TBNK
Last edit: Ilia 2018-11-13
It's known issue.
It's not about certificate error.
You are connecting using non-secure (http and not https) protocol.
You can try to open incognito (private) tab and open the same link, enter credentials - it works then, right?
To work around the problem, for now use https protocol while using Webmin/Usermin.
You can tweak it in Webmin/Usermin Configuration in SSL Encription section.
But let me know for debug, if using incognito tab non-secure connection works.
Sirs;
How dare you "ASSUME" I'm not using "https:"!
I most definitely am! Link is:
https://localhost:10000
So you assumption is totally wrong! You forgot to ask how long I've
been using WebMin, which is 15 years and not having issues on the 19
other servers I'm running, just this laptop that I'm using to control
the others remotely!
Please ask before you assume!
Also since I'm blocked from logging in, when you refer to changing
config, please give the exact file containing the config so gedit, vi,
nano can be used to edit it and attempt fixes needed.
Thnx!
TBNK
Last edit: Ilia 2018-11-13
😀 Please don't be offened, I could never, even remotely, imagine that assumtion in not using https on localhost could be offensive in anyway.
However, my assumption was based on your first string:
Besides, I dare to assume this because I encountered this error before myself and only when switching modes.
What worked for me and what you should try prior to editing config files is to use incognito tab for your login.
Ilia,
QUOTE: "What worked for me and what you should try prior to editing
config files is to use incognito tab for your login."
No such tab!
Last edit: Ilia 2018-11-13
For Firefox:
Ctrl+Shift+P (Command+Shift+P on Mac)
For Chrome:
Ctrl+Shift+N (Command+Shift+N on Mac)
..to call private browsing or incognito tab.
One possible work-around is to edit
/etc/webmin/miniserv.confand add the lineno_testing_cookie=1then run/etc/webmin/restartHowever, if for some reason your browser isn't sending cookies at all, this will just cause logins to silently fail. Cookies are needed by Webmin to track your login session.