[Mailman-Users] Error decoding authorization cookie.

[Willard Dawson]

Hello,

I'm sorry if I seem argumentative, that is certainly not my intent!

On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 12:59:39AM -0700, Dan Mick wrote:
> OK, first of all, this *was* a private message, so posting back to the
> list is kinda impolite.

Sorry.  I guess I misunderstood.  You see, I asked my question to the
list.  So, I figured you only accidentally left the list out of your
reply.  My apologies.

For what it's worth, I believe this discussion should remain in the
list, especially since I have not seen any answers to this problem,
yet.  Surely, the others who also currently experience it will
appreciate any discussion, too.

> Second, no, I haven't taken the time to try to track
> down what your problem is; I'm expecting you to meet me 1/3 of the
> way and describe it.  "it fails with the error" doesn't describe
> the problem.

Sorry, I disagree.  It describes it most succinctly.

> I've never seen it, so I can't be of any help whatsoever
> in trying to localize the problem; for all I know, that message is coming
> from some custom web server you've got, and isn't connected with Mailman
> at all.

Hmm.  It's Apache, stock.  Not custom at all.  See the following from my
previous posts:

-> In the best tradition of following-up to my own post, I upgraded my
-> Apache server from 1.2.6 to 1.3.12, but the problem persists. :-(

> What *exactly* do you do to provoke the error message?  Where exactly 
> does the message appear, and in what context (what surrounds it)?

Didn't I answer this, already?

Simply put:

1. Install mailman
2. Install fix to allow newlist to work as expected
3. Create new list, assigning password in the process
4. Attempt to use cgi-bin/admin to update new list (adding comment
   field)
5. Experience cookie problem
6. Update Apache to latest installed release
7. Try again
8. Post to list
9. Here we are


> Willard Dawson wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Thanks for your reply.  I take it, from your reply, that you have not
> > seen the archives, where this "error decoding authorization cookie"
> > problem is mentioned in several instances.  I have searched, and so far,
> > have only found the problem mentioned, never any answer or solution for
> > fixing it.
> > 
> > I also have the problem.  I don't know how much more detail I can give
> > you, other than:
> > 
> > I installed 2.0-beta3; I found the "fix" for creating a newlist (I hope
> > that is fixed in beta4).  After creating a new list, I then tried to do
> > simple admin tasks.  However, every time, it fails with the error given
> > above.
> > 
> > On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 11:57:52AM -0700, Dan Mick wrote:
> > > I have no idea what your problem *is*.  Try describing the symptom in detail,
> > > and describe what you've done to try to diagnose the problem...
> > >
> > > Willard Dawson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Any info in this area, or pointers to other documentation?
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 12:11:30PM -0400, Willard Dawson wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 10:22:14AM -0400, Willard Dawson wrote:
> > > > > > Hello All,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I joined the mailman-users list yesterday.  Of course, first I checked
> > > > > > the archives for any help, but only found references to others with the
> > > > > > same problem, no solution (yet).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've tried using a number of different browsers (IE5 and Netscape 4.73
> > > > > > on Solaris, IE5 and Netscape 4.73 on Windows 2000), with both proxy and
> > > > > > "direct" settings, but I cannot make any successful use of the web admin
> > > > > > interface to Mailman.  This is with Python-1.5.2 and mailman-2.0beta3.
> > > > > > The server is Solaris 8 using apache_1.2.6.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is there any patch or fix for this problem, yet?  Where else should
> > > > > > I have looked for additional info?
> > > > >
> > > > > In the best tradition of following-up to my own post, I upgraded my
> > > > > Apache server from 1.2.6 to 1.3.12, but the problem persists. :-(
> > > > >
> > > > > --
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> > Willard Francis Otto Dawson      +1 770 814 5099 / +1 770 814 5202 FAX
> > Siemens Business Services, ENS   mailto:willard.dawson at sbs.siemens.com
> > 4570 River Green Pkwy, Ste 140   http://www.sbs.siemens.com/
> > Duluth, GA  30096-2564           Standard disclaimer applies.

-- 
Willard Francis Otto Dawson      +1 770 814 5099 / +1 770 814 5202 FAX
Siemens Business Services, ENS   mailto:willard.dawson at sbs.siemens.com
4570 River Green Pkwy, Ste 140   http://www.sbs.siemens.com/
Duluth, GA  30096-2564           Standard disclaimer applies.