SID-01965: Authenticates with Firefox but not IE

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	5.0.2	Perl version:	5.8
Category:	CategoryAuthentication	Server OS:	AIX	Last update:	11 years ago

Hello. TWiki 5.0.2 on AIX. I made a copy of a TWiki site from one box to another. Done it many times before, always works like a charm. Using TWiki form-based authentication, with the .htpasswd file in the background. On this new site, having a little problem. If I use Firefox, I can authenticate/log-in. If I use IE8, it doesn't let me log-in - it just takes me back to the topic without registering the credentials. If I put in a bad password, it denies me, so I know I'm getting in there somewhere. Any suggestions on where to look for the problem? Merci!

-- Aaron Walker - 2014-08-11

Discussion and Answer

Looks like the problem is that the hostname has an underscore ('_') in it, and IE does not handle that well. Another victory for Microsoft.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/794243/internet-explorer-ignores-cookies-on-some-domains-cannot-read-or-set-cookies

-- Aaron Walker - 2014-08-13

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