[HELP] add content -> kicked out of user session instead

[redstapler]

This is Alfresco 2.0 Community in a fairly new installation. No associated logs found in catalina.out. Thankfully this is not in production (yet).
I have the following problem:
Dropping contents in spaces using CIFS works fine, but access to these documents from the web client doesn't work. Example PDFs: I can access the Alfresco-Tutorial.pdf in Guest Home: Click on icon in the web client, and the document is loaded in a new browser window as I expect.
However when I drop a PDF in my home directory via CIFS, and try to bring it up the same way, I am kicked out of my session and the Alfresco log in screen appears. So I log in and I am being sent to the Dashboard view. Same behaviour when I try to add content through the web client: After selecting a file on the local file system and clicking upload, I am getting kicked out of the session and the file is not being uploaded. This appears like a fundamental problem in Alfresco or is this PEBCAK?

[steve]

Hi,

This sounds like your browser might not be accepting cookies.

Allow cookies for the site running Alfresco and hopefully this problem will no longer occur.

Hope this helps,

Steve

[redstapler]

Hi,

This sounds like your browser might not be accepting cookies.

Allow cookies for the site running Alfresco and hopefully this problem will no longer occur.

Hope this helps,

Steve

Steve,
Thank you, this helped eliminate Alfresco/CFIS as the root of the problem. Firefox worked just fine, so I went back to check on IE. I *did* set the cookie settings in "Internet Options" to the most libaral setting but still no go… I had not realized the dialog box states "in the Internet zone"; I am running an Intranet configuration… which is supposed to let all cookies through by default, hmm… So, I am doctoring the IE settings right now. Is there a site which summarizes the correct IE settings?

[steve]

Hi,

With IE the easiest way to accept cookies for Alfresco is to add the site to the trusted sites list.

Hope this helps,

Steve

[redstapler]

I believe I triggered a bug in IE when I tried that; when I enter the site as
http://alfrescohost:8080/alfresco
it is listed as
http://://alfrescohost:8080/alfresco
Still doesn't let cookies through (expected). Even worse the entry in the list of trusted sites cannot be removed from the list of trusted sites any more. Oh well… looks like MS developers tried to come up with an "intelligent" solution without getting it right.
I believe I will tackle this on the work instructions level then; when cutting over to production, I'll include installing Firefox as part of the instructions; thankfully the stakeholders involved are OK with that (many use it already) or perhaps some of the MS folks in the office come up with the solution. Thank you!