On Jun 11, 2010, at 11:52 AM, John Reynolds wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Lonnie Abelbeck <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Apr 23, 2010, at 3:34 AM, Michael Keuter wrote: > > >> On Apr 22, 2010, at 5:03 PM, John Reynolds wrote: > >> > >>> When logged in as a user, the web interface has a reduce tab set > >>> (expected and normal). > >>> > >>> When the "directory" tab is selected, all tabs are shown. This is > >>> not what happens when the other tabs are selected (only the reduced > >>> set is shown). Is this a known behavior, or is this something that > >>> should be corrected? > >> > >> John, > >> > >> Yes, this is expected. Since the Directory tab has no > >> authentication, there is no way to tell who the 'user' is, since > >> there is no user without authentication. > >> > >> A thought was to optionally add authentication to the Directory tab > >> to overcome this, but that greatly reduces the usefulness of the > >> Directory tab. > > > > I would also vote for authentication for the Directory tab. Because > > the confusion it causes to customers (showing all tabs) is bigger, > > than the benefit it brings. And it would make the GUI more consistent. > > > > Just my 2 ct. > > > > Michael > > OK, Web interface 1.6.19 now supports optional SSL authentication for the > Directory tab. > > Lonnie > > > Lonnie, > > Thanks for this change. I checked it against my box (net5501) after an > upgrade to 0.7.2 / 1.6.19 and everything was as expected. > > I upgraded my other box (net4801) and I still get the same behavior as before > for the Directory tab. I verified via the web interface that the GUI version > is 1.6.19. > > Is there something I can check or do to get this working the same? I > appreciate your wonderful work on this. > > John R.
The web interface should not vary by target, I tried my net4801 and the "Require Authentication for Directory Tab" works as expected. Possibly a browser cache issue? Try clearing it. If not, describe what you are seeing in detail. Lonnie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [email protected].
