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Hi, all--
I have a mystery I cant solve!
I recently got a new Macbook. I can log onto LUGnet while in Windows, but need
some help configuring the Mac so I can log in with OS X. It seems that the Mac
does not let me allow cookies, even after telling Safari its okay.
Any help/suggestions you all have, would be greatly appreciated...Id really
like to not have to flip back to Windows to log in.
Build Well and Prosper,
Matthew Crandall,
The Brick Detective
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In lugnet.admin.general, Matthew Crandall wrote:
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Hi, all--
I have a mystery I cant solve!
I recently got a new Macbook. I can log onto LUGnet while in Windows, but
need some help configuring the Mac so I can log in with OS X. It seems that
the Mac does not let me allow cookies, even after telling Safari its okay.
Any help/suggestions you all have, would be greatly appreciated...Id really
like to not have to flip back to Windows to log in.
Build Well and Prosper,
Matthew Crandall,
The Brick Detective
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hI Matthew,
you might try downloading the Firefox web browser and see if that helps.
if not there may be some issue with the set up you are using to connect to the
web. weve had some users at the university not be able to loginto various
systems due the configuration of the wireless connection in various free wifi
businesses . we recommend the use of firefox as it tends to be more
compatibility with pc based web systems. its apparently easier for the
programmers to code for firefox as its on both pcs and macs, than for safari
which used to be mac only.
perhaps another macuser will be able to help with this as I tend to lurk and
havent ever actually logged into lugnet
John
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Hi all,
luckily I am using Macs myself - unfortunately I didnt notice this issue since
I personally prefer Firefox over Safari on Mac OS X.
Anyway, I tried everything myself and narrowed the issue down to the primary
cookie being created - the cookie name being used in LUGNET apparently is not
very much to Safaris liking, however since cookie naming is embedded deeply in
the code, this is not changed easily.
I will try to change the name of the login cookie to a name that will be
accepted by Safari. I will update you when things are fixed. In the meantime,
your best bet would be Firefox which I have found is a very useful piece of
software on all operating systems.
Regards,
Jerry
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In lugnet.admin.general, Gereon Stein wrote:
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Hi all,
luckily I am using Macs myself - unfortunately I didnt notice this issue
since I personally prefer Firefox over Safari on Mac OS X.
Anyway, I tried everything myself and narrowed the issue down to the primary
cookie being created - the cookie name being used in LUGNET apparently is not
very much to Safaris liking, however since cookie naming is embedded deeply
in the code, this is not changed easily.
I will try to change the name of the login cookie to a name that will be
accepted by Safari. I will update you when things are fixed. In the meantime,
your best bet would be Firefox which I have found is a very useful piece of
software on all operating systems.
Regards,
Jerry
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I too ran into this same problem. I was unable to login to lugnet using Safari
3, but can login successfully using Firefox 3.
I was able to login in the past with Safari 2 with no problems.
Might this be a bug in webkit ?
Ray
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