I’m usually permanently logged in here from this computer. Today, clicking the “Discussion” link from the banner on the home page got me an Apache error. I don’t recall exactly what it said (it ended something like “password: NO”), but it prompted me to look at the top of the page—which showed me to be logged out. I was partway through filling in the log-in form when I noticed that I was now already shown as logged in! So I clicked “Your Account” … and got the error message again. Back to the log-in form, which I completed and submitted this time, and everything is normal now.
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Was that a Siren I heard?

I’m usually permanently logged in here from this computer. Today, clicking the “Discussion” link from the banner on the home page got me an Apache error. I don’t recall exactly what it said (it ended something like “password: NO”), but it prompted me to look at the top of the page—which showed me to be logged out. I was partway through filling in the log-in form when I noticed that I was now already shown as logged in! So I clicked “Your Account” … and got the error message again. Back to the log-in form, which I completed and submitted this time, and everything is normal now.

I should mention that we have indications that the disk drive on which this all sits is slowly dying. A new one is on order, and if all goes well will be installed before the old one fails. We shall see....

As I was reading this thread just now...

Database unavailable
Unable to connect to database - please try again later

Error: 1045
Access denied for user 'apache'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

Already too late to make a copy?
Or did the RAMdisk not survive?

I am new to Pirates, and like to stop by at least once a day to take a look to see what's new. Issue is I am telling Pirates to keep me logged in, but it does not. I do not have this issue with any other project, so I know my cookies work correctly.
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I am new to Pirates, and like to stop by at least once a day to take a look to see what's new.

Issue is I am telling Pirates to keep me logged in, but it does not. I do not have this issue with any other project, so I know my cookies work correctly.

We do have a slightly non-standard setup here. I'd like to figure out if there really are problems with it. How about trying this: logout (don't just go away and come back later) and then log in again. The logout should clear all old cookies (perhaps you can check it) and the login should set only the right ones (if you select the "stay logged in" option).

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-- Eric Myers

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." -- William Butler Yeats

How about trying this: logout (don't just go away and come back later) and then log in again. The logout should clear all old cookies (perhaps you can check it) and the login should set only the right ones (if you select the "stay logged in" option).

OK, I have tested this. If I close the browser I lose the cookie. This is the only one that does that of all my normally logged in projects.

So every few days when I reboot (or when Firefox crashes), I have to log in.

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I was able to reproduce this, and I've fixed it (I think -- please check).

The problem was that the name of the variable for the checkbox to keep the cookie was changed in one file, but not the other.

Thank you for reporting this.

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-- Eric Myers

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." -- William Butler Yeats

I was able to reproduce this, and I've fixed it (I think -- please check).

Thank you for reporting this.