Strange sentinel problem when including the line in mainfile

New Member Joined: Aug 21, 2004 Posts: 2

I installed sentinel and followed all instructions (in the manual, and in the forums, and the faq at the end of the manual.) When I include the line

Code:

include("includes/sentinel.php");

i get a blank page. However when i dont include that line, my site works but sentinel doesnt. I double checked to make sure that i didnt make any typos in any of the file edits.

Here's what i'm using:
Chatserv's Phpnuke patched 7.1 v2.5
NukeSentinel 2.01

Its a fresh install with no users yet. Any help would be appreciated.

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Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 5:26 pm

Ahh, fixed it. The problem was that the Force URL option doesnt work with URL forwarding services like no-ip.com. I disabled it and all works fine.

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

Thanks for the update. We will include this in the FAQ!

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 6:53 pm

I'm having an identical problem on my own nuke site, but this Force URL thing seems to be off. I can't even get far enough so that I can get into the config. I've added you to my Y! list, Raven, so we can troubleshoot in real time, and once we find a solution I'll post it here...

Unless someone else happens to know a solution.

The problem in a nutshell: Include anything to the effect of sentinel.php in the mainfile.php, and everything that uses mainfile.php on my site returns a completely blank page. This is a brand new, fresh install of NSN Sentinel on a PHPNuke 7.3 website.

Currently, my website has the include script commented out so that my users can still visit the site. But I really would like to get Sentinel working to secure my page.

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 7:53 pm

Are you using PHP5, perchance?

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 8:10 pm

Currently running PHP version 4.3.8. The only unique thing I may have that others do not is output_buffering on in my php.ini, which is required for my forum arcade to work properly. I don't believe that would be what is causing it.

Why aren't you on Y! buddy? Smile

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 8:27 pm

Busy with something else right now. This exact behavior occurs in PHP5 because MySQL is no longer compiled in and has to be set in the php.ini. I would turn display_errors to On and also check your error logs.

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 9:42 pm

I have turned display_errors on and have checked my errors log, neither has outputted anything when I receive the blank page. Bang Head

Hm, I'm curious, but the original poster said he fixed it by disabling Force URL. That would be the variable contained within nsnns_config's table that defaults to 0 on install, right? Just want to make sure I am not overlooking his solution.

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TheVillageIdiot wrote:

Hm, I'm curious, but the original poster said he fixed it by disabling Force URL. That would be the variable contained within nsnns_config's table that defaults to 0 on install, right? Just want to make sure I am not overlooking his solution.

That would be the one.

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 10:14 pm

Then it appears not to be the solution because I can't even get to the point in config where I can change that to positive without editing my database directly... Bang Head

Any other ideas? Raven?

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TheVillageIdiot wrote:

Then it appears not to be the solution because I can't even get to the point in config where I can change that to positive without editing my database directly... Bang Head

Any other ideas? Raven?

I am sorry to be OT but you took for your user name my rank... very interesting...

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:23 am

Check for blank lines after the closing ?> tag in the sentinel.php files, also in mainfile.php.

I don't know but I had some strange problems caused by blank lines at the end of files.

Also check the language files for blank lines.

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 8:24 am

I have to ask which version of Nuke Sentinel you are using because in the current version
include("includes/sentinel.php");
was changed to
if ($forum_admin == 1) {
include("../../../includes/sentinel.php");
} elseif ($inside_mod == 1) {
include("../../includes/sentinel.php");
} else {
include("includes/sentinel.php");
}

Which fixed some issues with Forums and Modules.

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 2:40 pm

Tao, I've checked both mainfile.php and sentinel.php for blank lines several times, and it did not work this time either. Sad

The language files should be fine because phpnuke still functions perfectly when I do not add the includes to the mainfile.php. Unless I am not thinking of a new a language file that is called upon in sentinel.php.

six, I have Nuke Sentinel version 2.0.2. I've tried both methods of includes, both result in the same identical problem.

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 3:14 pm

With the line commented out, are you able to access your Nuke Preferences panel and make changes?

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 4:52 pm

Yes, but obviously the Nuke Sentinel part of the admin panel (that appears as _AB_NUKESENTINEL) isn't available without sentinel.php included... Everything else functions fine in the admin panel from what I can tell.

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 4:57 pm

When trying to access "_AB_NUKESENTINEL" in the admin panel with the includes commented out, I get

Quote:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: abget_configs() in /home/xioust2/public_html/dht/admin/modules/sentinel.php on line 29

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 5:58 pm

I said the Nuke Preferences panel, not the Sentinel Admin panel.

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 6:48 pm

Most often I've seen this sort of thing happen is when the Original sec codes in phpnuke are commented out instead of removed or left alone. Comments are closed in the middle of some of default phpnuke sec filters which creates a parse error. But you say you say no erros are showing in the error log so I'm running out of ideas here. Maybe if we're lucky Raven will have some.

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:13 pm

Sorry, I wasn't specific... Raven, I meant that I could get into the preferences, but not into the Sentinel Admin panel.

So yes, I can get into the Nuke Preferences panel.

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:14 pm

Original sec codes!? You mean the security code when you login or register? I have that disabled completely on my forums... Along with e-mail verification. I didn't think that would cause it. Is that what you meant, six?

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:16 pm

But can you make changes and save them? Sorry but debugging is a process of elimination. Also, are you sure when you ran the NukeSentinel install program (nsnst.php) that there weren't any errors? This is acting like a database connection issue, sortof. You might try deinstalling and reinstalling the database tables.

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:29 pm

The database is most definately working, and it all installed fine. The tables are named dhtnuke_whatever because my $prefix is dhtnuke, and I proofread through all sentinel's files to make sure the nuke_ prefix wasn't required. I'll check that I can change the preferences right now.

Oh, and don't say sorry, I'm thankful for any help you can give me at all Smile

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:32 pm

Yes, I can change settings in my preferences in the nuke admin panel. Bang Head

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:50 pm

Sorry for jumping in and out here. I meant the security filters at the beginning of mainfile.php Uniontap and $_GET/$_POST filters. Sometimes people choose to comment those out thinking they don't need them anymore (which really if the proper Nuke Sentinel filters are enabled they don't) but what happens is that this throws a parse error because single comment chars exist inside the filters and that would definetly show in the error logs if not on the pages. So with that I'll jump back out of the topic unless I come up with something better to contribute.