Re: user login issue after upgrade to 1.37.2

On 5/12/22 04:31, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>
> I ran into this issue (or a very similar issue) several years ago. Or
> I had the same symptoms. Verify $wgServer matches the server name in
> httpd.conf .
>
> MediaWiki 1.34 changed the default value to '$wgServer = false;' I
> think that's what broke logins for us. Also see
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgServer .
>
> Here are my notes in LocalSettings.php and httpd.conf:
>
> $ cat LocalSettings.php
> ...
> # Protocol-relative URLs. The server will serve over HTTP or
> #   HTTPS, depending on what the user requested. $wgServer must
> #   match the server name in httpd.conf or login will break
> $wgServer           = '//www.cryptopp.com';
> $wgCanonicalServer  = 'https://www.cryptopp.com';
> $wgSitename         = 'Crypto++ Wiki';
>
> # Security related administrivia
> $wgSecureLogin      = true;
> $wgCookieHttpOnly   = true;
> $wgCookieSecure     = 'detect';
>
> And:
>
> # cat /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/cryptopp.conf
> <VirtualHost *:80>
>          ...
>          ServerName cryptopp.com
>          ServerAlias www.cryptopp.com *.cryptopp.com
>
>          # https://linuxize.com/post/redirect-http-to-https-in-apache/
>          Redirect permanent / https://cryptopp.com/
>          ...
>
> Jeff

Thanks Jeff. It was spot on.

First I didn't know they needed to match and I changed $wgServer side 
only. Also I recently installed a certificate to add SSL support then 
forgot to update to $wgServer = https://...

Now I can log in with my username. I appreciate your help.


Toshi