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Opened 13 years ago

Closed 13 years ago

#9951 closed defect (fixed)

When I have two project named 'test' and 'test1', If I log int test, test1 can't log in!

Reported by: buaa.byl@… Owned by: Remy Blank
Priority: normal Milestone: 0.12.2
Component: general Version:
Severity: normal Keywords:
Cc: j.beilicke@… Branch:
Release Notes:

web: Fixed login with Safari and Chrome for multi-instance sites where the URL of one site is a prefix of the other.

API Changes:
Internal Changes:

Description

This is my configure:

<LocationMatch "/trac/[^/]+/login">
  AuthType Basic
  AuthName "Trac"
  AuthUserFile /home/trachome/trac_pool/apache.passwd
  Require valid-user
</LocationMatch>

I have two project: 'test' and 'test1'

If I log in test, then I can't log in test1. But if I log in test1, then I can log in test! I don't know why.

This configure still not work

<Location "/trac/test/login">
  AuthType Basic
  AuthName "Trac"
  AuthUserFile /home/trachome/trac_pool/apache.passwd
  Require valid-user
</Location>

<Location "/trac/test1/login">
  AuthType Basic
  AuthName "Trac"
  AuthUserFile /home/trachome/trac_pool/apache.passwd
  Require valid-user
</Location>

Does it bug for apache? I use apache 2.2 + trac 0.11.6 thanks.

Attachments (12)

3-nologin-click-test1-first-then-test.jpg (12.1 KB ) - added by buaa.byl@… 13 years ago.
just open project test1 and then open test
3-login-test-first.jpg (15.9 KB ) - added by anonymous 13 years ago.
then I login project test. It is ok.
3-login-test1-then.jpg (20.0 KB ) - added by buaa.byl@… 13 years ago.
then login test1, fail. and cookie is modify not expect.
4-nologin-click-test-first-then-test1.jpg (8.1 KB ) - added by buaa.byl@… 13 years ago.
open test first and then open test1, cookie is difference.
4-login-test1-first.jpg (11.9 KB ) - added by buaa.byl@… 13 years ago.
then login test1 first. It is ok.
4-login-test-then.jpg (13.1 KB ) - added by buaa.byl@… 13 years ago.
then I login test, It is ok too. but cookie is also modify!
normal.jpg (16.9 KB ) - added by buaa.byl@… 13 years ago.
Then normal cookie in other project.
auth.diff (1.1 KB ) - added by buaa.byl <buaa.byl@…> 13 years ago.
Modify trac_auth
session.diff (1.0 KB ) - added by buaa.byl <buaa.byl@…> 13 years ago.
Modify trac_session
index.diff (532 bytes ) - added by buaa.byl <buaa.byl@…> 13 years ago.
Modify index template, because modify auth, the request must be "http://server/projects/test/" .
9951-cookie-multiple-r10429.patch (1.1 KB ) - added by Remy Blank 13 years ago.
Full patch including a unit test.
comment14-patch.png (3.4 KB ) - added by buaa.byl <buaa.byl@…> 13 years ago.
after apply 9951-cookie-multiple-r10429.patch

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Change History (29)

comment:1 by buaa.byl@…, 13 years ago

I test tracd, got the same error.

comment:2 by Christian Boos, 13 years ago

Try using different realms, i.e. different values for the AuthName directive.

(This is technically speaking an InstallationIssue, and should have been asked on the MailingList, but I'm interested in the answer as well)

in reply to:  2 comment:3 by buaa.byl@…, 13 years ago

Replying to cboos:

Try using different realms, i.e. different values for the AuthName directive.

(This is technically speaking an InstallationIssue, and should have been asked on the MailingList, but I'm interested in the answer as well)

I am sorry.This just happen in Opera browser. Officall Configuation work fine in FireFox and IE. But there are difference between FireFox and IE:

When I login test in FireFox, username and password no need for login test1! 
And in IE, login each project need username and password. no matter clicked "remember my password".

Maybe IE think that two site is difference, and FireFox/Opera think that two site is same?Have trac use cookie to remember session?

I will try more.

by buaa.byl@…, 13 years ago

just open project test1 and then open test

by anonymous, 13 years ago

Attachment: 3-login-test-first.jpg added

then I login project test. It is ok.

by buaa.byl@…, 13 years ago

Attachment: 3-login-test1-then.jpg added

then login test1, fail. and cookie is modify not expect.

by buaa.byl@…, 13 years ago

open test first and then open test1, cookie is difference.

by buaa.byl@…, 13 years ago

Attachment: 4-login-test1-first.jpg added

then login test1 first. It is ok.

by buaa.byl@…, 13 years ago

Attachment: 4-login-test-then.jpg added

then I login test, It is ok too. but cookie is also modify!

by buaa.byl@…, 13 years ago

Attachment: normal.jpg added

Then normal cookie in other project.

comment:4 by anonymous, 13 years ago

I found cookie difference!

  • In firefox, if open project, will create trac_session and trac_from_token cookie for each project. If login each project, trac_session of this project will delete, and trac_auth create.No matter login test first or login test1 first.
  • In opera, if open project, also create trac_session and trac_from_token cookie for each project. But if I open test first, then open test1 , there are neither trac_session nor trac_from_token for test1!Just for test. If I open test1 first, It is normal.
  • In opera, if login test first, will create trac_auth for test.And then I try to login test1, It just modify trac_session for test1, trac_auth for test1 no create.
  • In opera, if login test1 first, will create trac_auth for test1. And then I try to login test.It's ok, but cookie is still missing trac_form_token of test1.

And, if there have two project named "test1" and "test2", the cookie in opera act same as firefox.Each project have trac_auth and trac_form_token.(but trac_session not delect).

I will write some test for mod_python to make sure this is bug for opera or for trac. Thanks.

comment:5 by buaa.byl@…, 13 years ago

If setup two apache instance with difference tcp port,and each project under same url(only difference is port, This will create two different mod_python env.) And I check cookie in opera, the request is same as before.but everything ok, why? Is there trac bug just with opera browser?

comment:6 by Remy Blank, 13 years ago

Milestone: 0.12.2
Owner: set to Remy Blank

comment:16:ticket:2438 shows the headers for requests corresponding to this case, and it seems that this anomaly is due to the URL of one project being a prefix of the other. Some browsers (Safari, Opera) seem to send the trac_auth cookies for both projects when accessing the one with the longer URL. We could try to add a trailing "/" to the cookie path, maybe this will work around the issue.

in reply to:  6 comment:7 by buaa.byl <buaa.byl@…>, 13 years ago

Replying to rblank:

comment:16:ticket:2438 shows the headers for requests corresponding to this case, and it seems that this anomaly is due to the URL of one project being a prefix of the other. Some browsers (Safari, Opera) seem to send the trac_auth cookies for both projects when accessing the one with the longer URL. We could try to add a trailing "/" to the cookie path, maybe this will work around the issue.

I make a patch, and it seems work fine in firefox3.6/ie7/opera11. I using trac 0.11.6, does someone test. Thank you.

by buaa.byl <buaa.byl@…>, 13 years ago

Attachment: auth.diff added

Modify trac_auth

by buaa.byl <buaa.byl@…>, 13 years ago

Attachment: session.diff added

Modify trac_session

by buaa.byl <buaa.byl@…>, 13 years ago

Attachment: index.diff added

Modify index template, because modify auth, the request must be "http://server/projects/test/" .

comment:8 by buaa.byl <buaa.byl@…>, 13 years ago

I apply this modify myself and see if everything ok. If someone get better modify idea, please tell me. Thank you.

comment:9 by j.beilicke@…, 13 years ago

Cc: j.beilicke@… added

comment:10 by Remy Blank, 13 years ago

Adding a slash to the cookie path is not an option, as it breaks authentication on the root URL (e.g. http://example.com/mytrac) on some browsers (Opera, Chrome), while others work fine (Firefox).

So at this point, I'm afraid it's an incompatibility between browsers, and the solution that will annoy the fewest people is to keep the current cookie paths, and advise not to set up two Trac instances where the base URL of one is a prefix of the other. We should probably document that in the guide.

Opinions?

in reply to:  10 ; comment:11 by j.beilicke@…, 13 years ago

Replying to rblank:

Adding a slash to the cookie path is not an option, as it breaks authentication on the root URL (e.g. http://example.com/mytrac) on some browsers (Opera, Chrome), while others work fine (Firefox).

Was able to confirm this by fiddling around with setting [trac] auth_cookie_path

So at this point, I'm afraid it's an incompatibility between browsers, and the solution that will annoy the fewest people is to keep the current cookie paths, and advise not to set up two Trac instances where the base URL of one is a prefix of the other. We should probably document that in the guide.

Documentation is recommended, i think.

Opinions?

What about this comment? I didn't test it yet. Would this be a possible workaround?

In general I am interested to know, if the behavior of Safari and Opera is correct. Didn't find any info regarding sending cookies multiple times (for slightly equal paths).

in reply to:  11 comment:12 by Remy Blank, 13 years ago

Replying to j.beilicke@…:

What about this comment? I didn't test it yet. Would this be a possible workaround?

Interesting! I should have read #2438 more carefully. And indeed, RFC:2965 specifies:

If multiple cookies satisfy the criteria above, they are ordered in the Cookie header such that those with more specific Path attributes precede those with less specific. Ordering with respect to other attributes (e.g., Domain) is unspecified.

So the first cookie is the right one. I'm going to try and come up with a proper implementation of this workaround (the suggestion in #2438 is rather ugly). Thanks for the heads-up.

comment:13 by Remy Blank, 13 years ago

This is due to this issue in Python, for which a patch has been provided but not applied.

The following patch seems to fix the issue for me:

  • trac/web/api.py

    diff --git a/trac/web/api.py b/trac/web/api.py
    a b class Cookie(SimpleCookie):  
    159159    _strict_set = BaseCookie._BaseCookie__set
    160160
    161161    def _loose_set(self, key, real_value, coded_value):
     162        # If a key appears multiple times, the first occurrence has the
     163        # narrowest scope, keep that
     164        if key in self:
     165            return
    162166        try:
    163167            self._strict_set(key, real_value, coded_value)
    164168        except CookieError:

How does it work for you?

by Remy Blank, 13 years ago

Full patch including a unit test.

in reply to:  13 comment:14 by buaa.byl <buaa.byl@…>, 13 years ago

Replying to rblank:

This is due to this issue in Python, for which a patch has been provided but not applied.

The following patch seems to fix the issue for me:

  • trac/web/api.py

    diff --git a/trac/web/api.py b/trac/web/api.py
    a b class Cookie(SimpleCookie):  
    159159    _strict_set = BaseCookie._BaseCookie__set
    160160
    161161    def _loose_set(self, key, real_value, coded_value):
     162        # If a key appears multiple times, the first occurrence has the
     163        # narrowest scope, keep that
     164        if key in self:
     165            return
    162166        try:
    163167            self._strict_set(key, real_value, coded_value)
    164168        except CookieError:

How does it work for you?

I will try, but I still have a question:Does opera/safari always send current project cookie first and then send the error cookie?

If I access this step:

  1. test
  2. test1
  3. test

I expect browser will send cookie like that in orginal trac:

  1. test:[cookie of test]
  2. test1:[cookie of test1, cookie of test]
  3. test:[cookie of test, cookie of test1]

If not so, I think this patch may not work fine.

I will check it later.

So at this point, I'm afraid it's an incompatibility between browsers, and the solution that will annoy the >fewest people is to keep the current cookie paths, and advise not to set up two Trac instances where the base >URL of one is a prefix of the other. We should probably document that in the guide. Opinions?

It is Ok.

comment:15 by Christian Boos, 13 years ago

Priority: lowestnormal

Patch applied on demo-0.13 and on this instance. It works great with Chrome (9.0.597.47), Firefox (3.6.13, 4.0b8), IE9beta, Opera (10.63, 11.0). It seems to work with Safari (5.0.3), although I initially had trouble to login in /demo-0.13, but after a restart of the browser I couldn't reproduce the problem anymore.

So it's a clear win, great work for narrowing down this issue from an "InstallationIssue" qualification on my part, to an elegant fix, Remy!

in reply to:  13 comment:16 by buaa.byl <buaa.byl@…>, 13 years ago

Replying to rblank:

This is due to this issue in Python, for which a patch has been provided but not applied.

The following patch seems to fix the issue for me:

  • trac/web/api.py

    diff --git a/trac/web/api.py b/trac/web/api.py
    a b class Cookie(SimpleCookie):  
    159159    _strict_set = BaseCookie._BaseCookie__set
    160160
    161161    def _loose_set(self, key, real_value, coded_value):
     162        # If a key appears multiple times, the first occurrence has the
     163        # narrowest scope, keep that
     164        if key in self:
     165            return
    162166        try:
    163167            self._strict_set(key, real_value, coded_value)
    164168        except CookieError:

How does it work for you?

This patch work fine, but cookie is ugly. Also modify unexpect! See attachment. Thanks.

by buaa.byl <buaa.byl@…>, 13 years ago

Attachment: comment14-patch.png added

after apply 9951-cookie-multiple-r10429.patch

in reply to:  15 comment:17 by Remy Blank, 13 years ago

Release Notes: modified (diff)
Resolution: fixed
Status: newclosed

Replying to cboos:

So it's a clear win, great work for narrowing down this issue from an "InstallationIssue" qualification on my part, to an elegant fix, Remy!

Credit goes to valankar@… on comment:1:ticket:2438, I only implemented it cleanly.

Patch applied in [10430].

Replying to buaa.byl <buaa.byl@…>:

This patch work fine, but cookie is ugly. Also modify unexpect!

That's expected, both cookies are sent back for /test1. The patch ensures that the right one is selected.

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