Sign-In "Forbidden"

[Mike Craw]

Good Morning,

For the past several weeks, whenever I sign in, I get a big headding "Forbidden" followed with some stuff about a "404Error". I have this page on my "Favorites" list, so that when I click on it, the Forum page comes up rather than the Main Page. The page comes up fine, and I click on Log-In and that comes up fine. When I log-in, I sometimes get a real quick "You are Logged In" and then the "Forbidden" or sometimes it just goes to the "Forbidden." When I go back over to favorites and click on my LW.net, this forum comes up with me signed in. That's OK when I'm signing in on my own computer, but I can't sign in anywhere else...

Does anyone else have this problem?

Mike

[dickf]

I don't have this problem on any machine that I log into this site on. I can tell you that a 403 is a forbidden and a 404 is not found. My hypothesis is that you have a favorite with variables in it, and when the page tries to assign new variables, it assigns a link at the end and you end up with something like this: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?h...showtopic=11404 (which should yield the same error you have).

My opinion is that you need to recreate your bookmark link with: http://leatherworker.net/forum , as I think your's has variables (perhaps session ID's?), on the end. (Variable are indicated by the ? following the page name. For example, if I wanted to pass the variable 'user' with a value of 'Mike', I would write the string as: http://leatherworker.net/forum?user=mike . You need to remove all of the variable your favorite link may have - including the ?.)

Again, my hypothesis.

Cheers!

[Johanna]

I had another member report a similar problem, but I don't see anything amiss in the forum, and I can't duplicate the issue. I will look around the IPB forums today and see if I can figure anything out. Dickf makes a good point about checking your bookmark- the URL to the forum is

http://leatherworker.net/forum/

Johanna

[abn]

Hi, I'm the other poor schmuck having this problem. Now, this is a very uninformed opinion, but... I think it's related to my user ID. I've tried on two different browsers and two different computers. I've recreated bookmarks, emptied caches... Same forbidden message.

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /forum/index.php on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

I envy Jo for having the patience to look into these types of problems...

-Alex

[Scott1952]

Same problem here, but only from my home machine. From work, I sign on fine.

[rdb]

If it ain't LW, and it ain't other places except at home, then the possibility is that your DNS (Domain Name Service) hasn't refreshed properly. 404 indicates it can't find the page. DNS Servers often need to be rebooted, or attended to, sometimes they are slow to do so.

I use Open DNS ( http://www.opendns.com )

It's a reliable service that is not tied to your ISP.

You just plug the new numbers into your router, or PC, and enjoy a dedicated service that is attended to, instead of neglected.

A test to see if it is your DNS, would be to open a command prompt window, (type "cmd" in your xp Run box or Vista Search box) and type:

ipconfig /flushdns

then type:

ipconfig /registerdns

Without getting too technical, it will erase and rebuild your dns cache. If the ISP has rebooted or somesuch since you last logged on, it will refresh your cache with current page knowledge. If that doesn't work, try the OpenDNS service. If it finds the page, than that was the problem.

But what the hell do I know....

[abn]

I may have figured out something that can help...

When I log in using the Log In link on the home page, I'm redirected to:

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?a...gin&CODE=00

If I delete the last part of that URL (the &CODE=00) part, and use this one I'm fine:

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?act=Login

Maybe a clue?

[Mike Craw]

OK, I don't know a server from a cashe from a rock. Unfortunately, my kids have gotten married and moved out (OK, maybe there's an up-side) but there's nobody here to explain it to me.

I just deleted LW.net from my favorites, Googled it, got on the Forum, and then re-loaded it in my Favorites. When I logged back in, the Forbidden didn't come up, so I guess the problem's fixed. Thanks for your patience in trying to explain it to me!!

Mike

[abn]

Yep. It appears that those of us with the problem have bookmarks pointed to:

http://leatherworker.net/forum

The bookmark needs to be updated to point to:

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?

Otherwise, some of us get the forbidden message.

[Johanna]

Just out of curiosity, what kind of browsers do you folks who are affected by this use? Do you have any third party cookie controls installed? It may help someone down the road if we can figure out a pattern. rdb, the DNS was my first thought, too, especially since it only seems to bother some computers, but it's gotta be in the cookies somehow? I think I'll make cookies with my kids this afternoon. The choc chip kind, not the computer kind. Mike Craw- tell me again how the kids move out eventually? I need to keep hearing it so that I have something to hope for in the future. They can eat all the cookies they want in their own beds at their own houses...

Johanna