On Aug 23, 11:34 am, bomahony wrote:
> I have a bugzilla instance set up, but i want to change some variables
> (in particular the LDAPuidattribute ). however the instance of
> bugzilla is used 24x7 and i cannot afford downtime on it..
>
> So i copied the folder, and copied the database etc.
>
> When i go to the bugzillatmp instance, if i am already logged in, then
> i can see all the snags, i can search. didnt try editing.
>
> However if i log out and try to log back in, it fails, saying username
> or password is invalid.
>
> I then changed the localconfig file to point at the original mysql db,
> that is still being used live, and the same issue happened.
>
> It is bugzilla 2.20, running on apache/mysql/redhat
>
> Would appreciate the help, as i know its obviously not soemthing to do
> with the DB.



Ive just realised that when i copied the instance, i changed the
attribute. I gather now that this attribute, LDAPuidattribute, is
stored somewhere in the actuall folder that bugzilla is installed.
what is the location of this value?

bomahony,

2007/8/23, bomahony :
> So i copied the folder, and copied the database etc.
>
> When i go to the bugzillatmp instance, if i am already logged in, then
> i can see all the snags, i can search. didnt try editing.
>
> However if i log out and try to log back in, it fails, saying username
> or password is invalid.

maybe the copied installation is rejected access your LDAP server? It
may be that Bugzilla cannot tell having a username/password
combination rejected from being generally rejected from asking.

It may be a cookie thing, too. (I don't really think it is, but better
safe than sorry.) Check your copied installation's parameters, in
particular urlbase, cookiedomain and cookiepath, they probably need to
be modified from the original installation's values.

Regards
Marc

bomahony,

2007/8/23, bomahony :
> Ive just realised that when i copied the instance, i changed the
> attribute. I gather now that this attribute, LDAPuidattribute, is
> stored somewhere in the actuall folder that bugzilla is installed.
> what is the location of this value?

you can edit data/params directly if you locked yourself out from
editing it via Bugzilla's administrative pages with your web browser.

Kind regards
Marc