[Xerte] Re: XOT Shared Settings working for some users but not others

[Pat Lockley]

put a die in share_..... and the nobbled the javascript with alerts so
it puts watchpoints in

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm testing with a local copy now so that I can see the database. Testing
> sharing to two different user accounts one of which works the other doesn't.
> No real difference in the logindetails table between the two accounts. One
> is ID 3 the other ID 14. The one that works username is upper and lowercase
> the one that doesn't username is all lowercase. I guess that may be
> irrelevant.
>
> I can't get any echo statements in share_this_template.php to appear.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
> Sent: 23 June 2011 20:51
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: XOT Shared Settings working for some users but not
> others
>
> Right,
>
> The files run, and no JS errors occur.
>
> As it works for some users fine and not others, the question is - what
> is different about these users.
>
> Looking in share_this_template.php - which does the sharing - it
> relies heavily on the root folder working properly.
>
> So I'd put some echos into this file and see what happens, but i'd be
> surprised if the error wasn't caused by the self-reg code and users
> which predate it.
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I guess this might be a question for Pat...
>>
>>
>>
>> Someone who uses the JISC Techdis XOT sandpit reported not being able to
>> share LO's with a colleague who has an account on the same installation.
> So
>> I tested this myself and it seems very odd...
>>
>> We can give a copy of an LO to this colleague but not share.
>>
>> We can share LO's with some/many users but not all. There doesn't seem to
> be
>> any commonality between who we can share with and who we can't which is
>> probably why this hasn't cropped up previously. That said both Pat and
>> Julian have accounts on the sandpit and I can't share with those either
> but
>> can with others!
>>
>> I've replaced the contents of /website_code/php/properties with the latest
>> repository code and also with older versions neither of which have
> resolved
>> this.
>>
>> Fiddler doesn't show any errors when trying to share an LO.
>>
>>
>>
>> So I'm stumped! :-(
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyone else had this problem? Can you share with all users on your system?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ron
>>
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