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Version = 3.4.07
Database type = MS Access
strConnString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" &_
Host = ReadyHosting
URL = www.lakeforestdallas.org
I run a neighborhood website with some areas that are password protected. Residents register and access these areas using the Snitz Forums functionality. A very strange thing happens with alphanumeric passwords OR usernames and a three level deep directory structure. The following two areas are provided for consideration of this problem:
Scenario (1). two levels deep directory = (root)/documents/meetings
Scenario (2). three levels deep directory= (root)/documents/meetings/boardminutes OR
(root)/documents/meetings/annual
Scenario (1) has no problems for all passwords and usernames. All secure pages are fully accessible.
Scenario (2) will allow all passwords and usernames to login. Users with text only passwords and usernames are fully functional. However as soon as an alphanumeric password OR username covered user tries to access a page in the ‘boardminutes’ or ‘annual’ directory it will reject their access with the warning “Sorry this page is only accessible to registered Lake Forest residents” and then they are logged out. However, all other secure areas are fully functional for these alphanumeric password OR username users. The rejection only occurs when trying to access a three level directory with a password AND/OR username containing numbers and letters.
Wow, I am stumped. Does anybody have any ideas what the problem is?
Thanks in advance.
Database type = MS Access
strConnString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" &_
Host = ReadyHosting
URL = www.lakeforestdallas.org
I run a neighborhood website with some areas that are password protected. Residents register and access these areas using the Snitz Forums functionality. A very strange thing happens with alphanumeric passwords OR usernames and a three level deep directory structure. The following two areas are provided for consideration of this problem:
Scenario (1). two levels deep directory = (root)/documents/meetings
Scenario (2). three levels deep directory= (root)/documents/meetings/boardminutes OR
(root)/documents/meetings/annual
Scenario (1) has no problems for all passwords and usernames. All secure pages are fully accessible.
Scenario (2) will allow all passwords and usernames to login. Users with text only passwords and usernames are fully functional. However as soon as an alphanumeric password OR username covered user tries to access a page in the ‘boardminutes’ or ‘annual’ directory it will reject their access with the warning “Sorry this page is only accessible to registered Lake Forest residents” and then they are logged out. However, all other secure areas are fully functional for these alphanumeric password OR username users. The rejection only occurs when trying to access a three level directory with a password AND/OR username containing numbers and letters.
Wow, I am stumped. Does anybody have any ideas what the problem is?
Thanks in advance.
Posted
This is not a Snitz issue. Do not move this back to a forum from which it was moved from.
You should really contact your host, as this seems a website issue, from your description.
If I am wrong in my perception of the problem, maybe you need to provide a clear explanation of how the access is being controlled.
If I am wrong in my perception of the problem, maybe you need to provide a clear explanation of how the access is being controlled.
Posted
I think I may have moved the topic since it doesn't belong in the AWD Forums
Posted
Oh, sorry, Huw, I may have made a mistake when moving it originally, then. I thought I had moved it to the Community Discussions.