[Xerte] Re: Upgraded to XOT 2.1 - worked and then broke it

Pat @ Pgogy xerte at pgogywebstuff.com
Mon Nov 18 13:13:18 GMT 2013


Did you look in the sitedetails or ldapdetails for the ldap stuff?




On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Adam Read <aread at marjon.ac.uk> wrote:

>  Hi Ron
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> It works with Guest access so must be an LDAP issue. Not sure what else to
> try as settings in the DB look the same as always.
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> Is there anything in the sitedetails table that might be worth checking?
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> Adam
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> *Adam Read **BA (Hons) PG Cert ODE (Open)*
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> Senior e-Learning Technologist
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> University of St Mark & St John
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> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Ron Mitchell
> *Sent:* 18 November 2013 12:00
> *To:* xerte at pgogywebstuff.com; 'Xerte discussion list'
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: Upgraded to XOT 2.1 - worked and then broke it
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> Also does switching back to guest access allow the installation to work or
> is it now broken regardless of authentication method? e.g. is the problem
> exclusive to ldap or wider than that?
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> Close all browserwindows or clear cache after making that change.
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> HTH
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> Ron
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> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Pat @ Pgogy
> *Sent:* 18 November 2013 11:18
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: Upgraded to XOT 2.1 - worked and then broke it
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> ok, so LDAP doesn't seem to work
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> Try installing a localhost, but setting the LDAP to be the settings in the
> database
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> Does that connect?
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> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Adam Read <aread at marjon.ac.uk> wrote:
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> I have looked at the database. The LDAP tables look the same as before (as
> far as I can tell).
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> *Adam Read **BA (Hons) PG Cert ODE (Open)*
>
> Senior e-Learning Technologist
>
> University of St Mark & St John
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> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Pat @ Pgogy
> *Sent:* 15 November 2013 17:34
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: Upgraded to XOT 2.1 - worked and then broke it
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> Hello,
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> Guessing that "save" has broken something. If it is logging in that's not
> working, I would suggest going into the DB via something other than
> management and checking for settings.
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> Pat
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> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Adam Read <aread at marjon.ac.uk> wrote:
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> Hi all
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> Hope you can help! Just upgraded our XOT installation to 2.1 using the 2.1
> ZIP and 2.1_update zip from the community site. I did the following:
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> (0)    Backed up XOT 2.0 installation
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> 1)      Extracted 2.1 zip and copied files over top of XOT installation
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> 2)      Extracted 2.1 update zip and copied over top of XOT installation
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> 3)      Tried to login to XOT via browser – logged me in as a Guest
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> 4)      Edited auth_config and commented out guest, opted for Ldap.
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> 5)      Successfully logged in OK and could see my own content
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> 6)      Logged in to Management.php to tweak some of the help text,
> clicked “save”
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> 7)      Could no longer login to index.php
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> 8)      Reverted changes in mangement.php – saved
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> 9)      Still couldn’t login to index
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> 10)   Repeated steps 1 and 2 and then 4 to overwrite files
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> 11)   Still can’t login.
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> I’m a bit stuck! As far as I can tell the Ldap settings inside
> management.php and the MySQL database look fine. Can’t see any errors,
> cleared cash, tried 3 different browsers.
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> Hmmmm?
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> *Adam Read **BA (Hons) PG Cert ODE (Open)*
>
> Senior e-Learning Technologist
>
> University of St Mark & St John
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