[CONNECTORS-97] Web connector session authentication fails for some sites due to cookies httpclient says are illegal, but browsers accept

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: ManifoldCF 0.1
• Component/s: Web connector
• Assignee: Karl Wright
• Reporter: Karl Wright
• Created: 26/Aug/10 13:06
• Updated: 24/Nov/10 11:40
• Resolved: 26/Aug/10 18:09

Description

While trying to set up session authentication for the site http://www.ppdm.org, I ran into authentication problems that resulted from httpclient rejecting cookies:

Cookie rejected: "ppdm_forum_data=a%3A2%3A%7Bs%3A11%3A%22autologinid%22%3Bs%3A0%3A%22%22%3Bs%3A6%3A%22userid%22%3Bi%3A-1%3B%7D". Illegal path attribute "/forums". Path of origin: "/ba/login/login"
Cookie rejected: "ppdm_forum_sid=338b5f5f0887ab4c2499948fc05daac8". Illegal path attribute "/forums". Path of origin: "/ba/login/login"
Cookie rejected: "ppdm_forum_data=a%3A2%3A%7Bs%3A11%3A%22autologinid%22%3Bs%3A32%3A%2266a33ac80119bdcf7a1129f78de857a1%22%3Bs%3A6%3A%22userid%22%3Bs%3A4%3A%221346%22%3B%7D". Illegal path attribute "/forums". Path of origin: "/ba/login/login"
Cookie rejected: "ppdm_forum_sid=3c36d20f96423b2de2d215a33b304e18". Illegal path attribute "/forums". Path of origin: "/ba/login/login"

And yet, FireFox and IE have no trouble with these. I suspect that there must be a configuration setting for httpclient that will fix this problem - and if there isn't, we need to add one and set it appropriately in the web connector code.