Url REdirection Service Causes Loop

Regular Joined: Oct 18, 2003 Posts: 51 Location: Florida

How do i fix this Url redirection service loop bug. It didnt happen before but i heard its realy big now. When i use the redirected url i get the error. But when using the regular url it works fine. Why is this? Is there a fix? The only fix i have used is the ones that come with the phpnuke 6.9 version that i downloaded from here today.

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

Please detail your exact setup in terms of linking/forwarding. Thanks.

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 4:48 pm

well i use a free .tk domain for my redirection if thats what u mean.

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 4:51 pm

I need you to tell me your exact setup. What is the url that you list as your home page? Then, what/how does it get redirected to?

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 4:53 pm

not sure if i understand you but ah my domain is http://upka.tk which is the redirection url and it redirects to http://68.155.163.191 with url masking i cannot change it to turn off url masking. But this all worked before. I am using phpnuke 6.9 from your site with the fixes and stuff.

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 4:58 pm

What is this 'bug' you are referring to? I am aware of certain issues but I want to be clear we are talking a bug and not a mis-configuration.

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 4:59 pm

I am talking about the admin loop bug but it deals with url redirection in my case.

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:00 pm

Please create, for me, a user account and a super admin account. Then PM me the password. Use Raven as the user name. Thanks.

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:04 pm

Please don't ever post passwords in public view again Mad

I deleted the post.

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:06 pm

Why are you using a redirection service instead of registering a domain name?

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:10 pm

Because my mom wont let me pay for a domain.

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:11 pm

I am able to login under admin and user and stay logged in. Where is the loop?

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:12 pm

Did you do that by going to http://upka.tk

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:14 pm

That's where I started. It then directed me to the ip. Isn't that what you intend to happen?

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:15 pm

Ok i know that it signs you in but do this in the order i tell you

1. Go to http://upka.tk
2. Signin
3. Go back to http://upka.tk
4. You not signed in anymore

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:17 pm

I logged out and did what you detailed and I stay logged in. Try deleting ALL your cookies and flushing your cache.

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:18 pm

Ill try that.

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:22 pm

Doesnt Work

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:28 pm

I don't know what else to tell you. I deleted all my cookies and redid those steps and I am logged in. It seems to be working.

Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:46 pm

Could i te the users?

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 6:27 am

Me thinks this is down to cookies.
When you are logging in as an Admin, you are saving a cookie on your PC for the url http://68.155.163.191 NOT http://upke.tk
So, when you log in, you are at http://68.155.163.191and if you type that directly into the browser it should log you in automatically.
However, if you go to 68.155.163.191 via the redirection from upke.tk because you are using masking, your browser still thinks it is at upka.tk and doesnt use the cookie to log you in automatically - I might be wrong but I think this is whats heppening.

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 11:54 am

No it doesnt deal with cookies as i did delete them all it doesnt work. I really does have to do with the reditection service and phpnuke

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 1:24 pm

You said you could log in but when you went back to the site via the redirection you were logged out. The only reason you could be logged out is due to a cookie issue.
Can you manually log back in by entering your username and password, if so, then I don't honestly see a problem with PHPNuke itself as no one has reported any similar problems, except of course when the cookie expires.

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 1:28 pm

And as I said before, I stay logged in every time.

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 5:44 pm

well im sorry to say but it dont work. It really doesnt it has something to do with the .tk redirection. I mean when i use it to redirect to a true subdomain that doesnt redirect to my ip it works fine and dandy but hwne redirecting to a redrected url it dont work help please