have you gotten an "invalid session" error?

Post by **sine nomine** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:27 pm

if you get them frequently, when do you get them -- posting, reading, pm, or something else?

deb

Oceanic · Post by **Oceanic** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:38 pm

several times over the past couple of weeks, each time lasting one to two days.

i get them when i try to reply to posts or post anything. reading posts has been all right, as have reading and sending pms. it's just been the posting itself that's been affected.

thanks for looking into it!

Post by **sine nomine** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:38 pm

the next time it happens, try deleting all your cookies from bus and logging off then back on. that may help narrow it down.

friarygirl · Post by **friarygirl** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:02 am

I haven't had that for ages, but it used to happen whenever I wanted to move to somewhere else, ie change screen; either posting, editing, or simply changing forum. That said, it must be nearly a year now since I got that.

Post by **Spidey** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:27 am

sometimes it's when my internet dies
and other times it's for no reason at all

b3autifu2l37 · Post by **b3autifu2l37** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:43 pm

it happens when i try and reply to posts and when i try to reply to PMs. and it happens every single time. *like right now...*

Mistress · Post by **Mistress** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:54 pm

When I'm posting, every single time. Only for the last few weeks, though - maybe a couple of months. I've tried deleting cookies, but it didn't seem to help.

Mistress · Post by **Mistress** » Thu May 03, 2007 1:32 am

*bump*

any news on what';s going on with this/how it can be fixed?

thankies in advance

Mistress · Post by **Mistress** » Sun May 06, 2007 10:34 pm

Well would someone kindly enlighten me then as I'm still having this problem?

b3autifu2l37 · Post by **b3autifu2l37** » Mon May 07, 2007 1:43 pm

^ i am also still having this problem. it's been like, a month now. it's really frustrating.

b3autifu2l37 · Post by **b3autifu2l37** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:37 pm

*breathes in and out slowly to calm down*

is anyone reading this? does anyone have answers?
not only do i get "invalid session error" messages when i try and post, i get them when i try and fix my profile and log out too. and it's been logging me off frequently while i'm on and it usually never does that. also starting today, i've been getting "you have been banned from this forum. contact an administrator" messages when i try to visit places. but when i try again, it lets me go and post.

seriously, it takes me atleast 15 "submits" to post something. it's EXTREMELY irritating. and it's even more irritating because no ones answering this thread, no ones giving us any ideas, no ones even telling us if its being discussed.

anyone?!?!?!?!
(lets see how many times it takes to submit this..)

Smeagol · Post by **Smeagol** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:40 pm

I have no ideas and as far as I know none of the other board staff do. I'll ask deb to take another look.

Out of interest, do you only get this error at home or do you get it when you log on from other computers?

b3autifu2l37 · Post by **b3autifu2l37** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:44 pm

i haven't tried any other computers, but i get it on this one everyday

(thanks for answering so quickly btw).

Smeagol · Post by **Smeagol** » Sun May 13, 2007 10:50 pm

Try it. If it happens on other computers (preferably not ones using AOL) then that will tell us it's something to do with your profile on bus. If it doesn't happen on other computers then it may be something to do with your browser configuration or your ip address or network provider or something.

Mistress · Post by **Mistress** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:53 pm

I've tried on different computers, with different browsers, with and without cookies. If it's something at my end, it's my ISP. PLEASE can someone attempt to fix this.

Mistress · Post by **Mistress** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:59 pm

May I draw your attention here.

[link edited out]

Post by **sine nomine** » Mon May 14, 2007 7:32 pm

right, i can disable session checking entirely by commenting out the code -- i've known that for a while. the problem is figuring out the security ramifications of doing that, and i've not been entirely comfortable with that option. i know it sucks, and i've been really indecisive about how to handle this.

i can implement that on a test basis and see what effect it has. one reason i set up this poll was to figure out how many people were affected by it, so i could use that information to decide what next.

Oceanic · Post by **Oceanic** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:58 am

haven't gotten one in a while....

(of course, now that i've posted that, i'm sure my next visit will yield a couple

)

b3autifu2l37 · Post by **b3autifu2l37** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:46 pm

uhm

i haven't gotten them for the past 2 days

silent_scream · Post by **silent_scream** » Thu May 17, 2007 2:41 pm

I don't get them anymore.