I just upgraded to moodle 1.4. A fabulous piece of work as always. But, I added a login block to my home page, and it sends users to ../login/index.php instead of performing the actual login. Does this sound like I'm doing something wrong?
In reply to Carlos Vargas
Re: moodle 1.4 - block login sends user to login page?
by Martin Dougiamas -
That's not how it works for me ... try renaming your config.php to something else and letting the new Moodle installer create you a new one. Make sure you using the same database settings so you don't lose your site.
In reply to Martin Dougiamas
Re: moodle 1.4 - block login sends user to login page?
by Carlos Vargas -
Thanks Martin,
I tried with and without the installer. I tried a lot of other things and was very careful with all files. But the same problem persists. I am not able to login using the block login on the home page. It still takes me to the main login page.
I tried with and without the installer. I tried a lot of other things and was very careful with all files. But the same problem persists. I am not able to login using the block login on the home page. It still takes me to the main login page.
In reply to Carlos Vargas
Re: moodle 1.4 - block login sends user to login page?
by Martin Dougiamas -
Make sure secureforms is switched off in Admin >> Configuration >> Variables.
In reply to Martin Dougiamas
Re: moodle 1.4 - block login sends user to login page?
by Nicolas Martignoni -
Is there something to do if I want to preserve the additional security for the forms?
That is: is there a way to make it work with secureforms switched on?
Nicolas
That is: is there a way to make it work with secureforms switched on?
Nicolas
In reply to Nicolas Martignoni
Re: moodle 1.4 - block login sends user to login page?
by Martin Dougiamas -
You could get rid of the login block... 
We could also add the home page to the list of allowed referers for forms, I guess. This would be in the match_referer function in lib/weblib.php, by changing it to something like this:
function match_referer($goodreferer = "") {
/// returns true if the referer is the same as the goodreferer. If
/// goodreferer is not specified, use qualified_me as the goodreferer
global $CFG;
if (empty($CFG->secureforms)) { // Don't bother checking referer
return true;
}
if ($goodreferer == "nomatch") { // Don't bother checking referer
return true;
}
if (empty($goodreferer)) {
$goodreferer = qualified_me();
}
$referer = get_referer();
return (($referer == $goodreferer) or ($referer == "$CFG->wwwroot/"));
}
We could also add the home page to the list of allowed referers for forms, I guess. This would be in the match_referer function in lib/weblib.php, by changing it to something like this:
function match_referer($goodreferer = "") {
/// returns true if the referer is the same as the goodreferer. If
/// goodreferer is not specified, use qualified_me as the goodreferer
global $CFG;
if (empty($CFG->secureforms)) { // Don't bother checking referer
return true;
}
if ($goodreferer == "nomatch") { // Don't bother checking referer
return true;
}
if (empty($goodreferer)) {
$goodreferer = qualified_me();
}
$referer = get_referer();
return (($referer == $goodreferer) or ($referer == "$CFG->wwwroot/"));
}
In reply to Martin Dougiamas
Re: moodle 1.4 - block login sends user to login page?
by Marc Dastous -
Does anyone know if this worked? I had the same problem when I added the new Login block. And just as Martin said, I turned off the secure forms and it worked like a charm.
Marc
In reply to Martin Dougiamas
Re: moodle 1.4 - block login sends user to login page?
by Herbert Keijers -
Marc,
I experienced the same problem on a testing machine
Changed the apropriate lines as Martin suggested.
It is working now with secureforms turned on.
Martin, will this be in cvs ?
I experienced the same problem on a testing machine
Changed the apropriate lines as Martin suggested.
It is working now with secureforms turned on.
Martin, will this be in cvs ?
In reply to Herbert Keijers
Re: moodle 1.4 - block login sends user to login page?
by Martin Dougiamas -
Oh yes, I put it in stable and dev. I think it might be useful for other "shortcut" type blocks.
In reply to Martin Dougiamas
Re: moodle 1.4 - block login sends user to login page?
by Nicolas Martignoni -
Many thanks, Martin!
Always so quick
Cheers and congrat for the 1.4
Nicolas
Always so quick
Cheers and congrat for the 1.4
Nicolas
In reply to Herbert Keijers
Re: moodle 1.4 - block login sends user to login page?
by Marc Dastous -
Herbert,
Thank you for the confirmation. I have implemented the changes and they work fine.
Can anyone tell me how I would get the cursor to automagically appear in the User Name or Password field in this block, when the page loads? For example, if the user name is cached, how can I get the cursor to appear in the password field?
Marc
In reply to Martin Dougiamas
Re: moodle 1.4 - block login sends user to login page?
by Carlos Vargas -
Thanks, yet again, Martin. Switching off the secureforms solved the problem perfectly.
Cheers
Cheers
In reply to Martin Dougiamas
Re: moodle 1.4 - block login sends user to login page?
by David Mudrák -
Note that secureforms switched on was the reason for problems with inserting the first page of Lesson module. In the discussion some suggestions for form security mechanism appeared...