Can't log in via Movabletype

[choroba]

When I try to log in via Movabletype, I get "Permission denied". When I try the same user name but different password, I get "Invalid login" and "Please note that Movable Type wants you to log in with your username, not your email address".

[samuelckaufman]

I can login and post a blog entry, but I do cannot comment, I get 'An error occurred: Permission denied.'

[karenetheridge]

Me too (username 'Ether')

[fluca1978]

Same problem here: I can login only after resetting the password every time.
Besides, once I'm logged in, I cannot comment getting a 'Permission Denied'.

[kentfredric]

Same issue: KENTNL

[kentfredric]

It may help to say, that even once resetting my password, all that does is gets me a session.

And I suspect inability to post comments is associated with the manner in which the session was obtained.

But there's no way to test that theory, as the only mechanism to get a login session is via password reset, because successive login attempts with the new password FAIL in the same manner they already did.

[kentfredric]

Comedy hour: I attempted some other way to set password, via the profile, however, that invokes some other weird effect: It tells you off when you set a new password for not verifying your current one!

.... And there is no mechanism to do so xD

[perlancar]

Same problem here: I can login only after resetting the password every time.
Besides, once I'm logged in, I cannot comment getting a 'Permission Denied'.

I get the same problem and have resetted the password several times just to post. But today even resetting the password doesn't work anymore. After you set the new password, logging in will still fail with 'Permission denied' error.

[perlpunk]

same problem, I can only login by resetting the password.
I cannot post answers (neither preview nor directly submit).
what's going on?
(edit: posting articles works, though ;-)

[rwstauner]

me too... reset password... can edit profile... cannot comment.
if i log out, i won't be able to log back in.

[ghost]

I have the same problem. Cannot login. Always get "Permission denied". Username/Password are correct, because if i use a wrong username or password another error message "invalid login" appears. I only can login through "Forget Password". Commenting also doesn't work.

[fluca1978]

It seems to me that from the logout link (http://blogs.perl.org/mt/mt.fcgi?__mode=logout) I'm always able to login again, while from the "official" sign-in link from the home page (http://blogs.perl.org/mt/mt-cp.fcgi?__mode=login&blog_id=1&return_url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.perl.org%2F) I'm not.
Seems to me the former is using mt_fcgi while the latter mt-cp.fcgi. I'm not sure this is relevant to the whole problem.

[choroba]

@fluca1978 👍 Yes, works for me, too. I still can't comment, but I should be able to post into the blog.

[fluca1978]

So it seems that this link works at least for logging in: http://blogs.perl.org/mt/mt.fcgi
However this would not return back to the blogs.perl.org website, but points directly to the dashboard of the user.
I've fooled around with options and arguments, without being able to discover what is causing the problem.
Hope it could be a starting point.

[kentfredric]

@fluca1978 , that link doesn't work for me, it still just gives me "invalid login", prompting me to do the password reset dance.

[kentfredric]

Huh. That's weird. I did a reset in the above page(mt.fcgi), had a look around in my profile, I find this "web services password" field with a "reveal" option. Curious.

The revealed password is different to the password I reset for MT.

And of course, neither that password, nor the one I reset it to in that interface, will log in to blogs.perl.org (mt-cp.fcgi)

Resetting that password manually also has no impact ( but the "reveal" does in fact match now )

But I can log in and out of MT for the MT profile at will now. However, I still can't log in to blogs.perl.org (mt-cp.fcgi)

So my suspicion is the two are disconnected somewhere and the password reset is resetting a completely different password.

[kentfredric]

Aaaah. I tried something.

I set a new password with mt-cp.fcgi .... and it changed the password seen on mt.fcgi K. Curious. So the password is getting changed somewhere in there.

[dolmen]

I can login using mt.fcgi as indicated by @fluca1978.
When browsing my profile, some parts are unavailable (permission denied): the permissions area whren I'm supposed to be able to see my followers and who I'm following.
Preferences/Community is also unavailable.

[ajgh1]

Same for me as other users above. No matter what I set my password to, I cannot use that password to login. When I do the password reset, I am logged in enough to view my profile and can access the pages to create/edit posts, but I am completely unable to post a comment (the only thing I actually wanted to do); when I try to post a comment, I receive a "Permission denied" error.

Has this really been an issue for a month?

[samuelckaufman]

I spoke with Aaron Crane about this issue on Twitter a week or so ago, he's
(they're?) aware of the issue, but have been too busy to attempt the
neccesary movable type surgery.
On 19 Jan 2015 14:41, "lajandy" notifications@github.com wrote:

Same for me as other users above. No matter what I set my password to, I
cannot use that password to login. When I do the password reset, I am
logged in enough to view my profile and can access the pages to create/edit
posts, but I am completely unable to post a comment (the only thing I
actually wanted to do); when I try to post a comment, I receive a
"Permission denied" error.

Has this really been an issue for a month?

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Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub
#291 (comment)
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[choroba]

After logging in to mt.fcgi, I was able to create a blog post. I was then able to sign in (after clicking on the "View Site" icon) and it seemed I was able to comment (I didn't try, but I saw the textarea and the Submit button). I still wasn't able to comment, though.

[zoffixznet]

+1 from me. Couldn't comment or even log in (was telling me "Permission Denied"). I couldn't find how to create account, other than choosing to "sign in with my Google Account." Done so, and were able to post a comment, but I don't think I'm using the same account any more.

[kberov]

When I try to recet my password (user berov) I do not receive an email on the mail for that user.
When I login using my google account (user k.berov) I can not add enties.
When will this be fixed? to whom I can write to reset my password for me and send me the token so I can save my new password?

[sjn]

+1 from me too. I'm getting the same difficulties here. Why do we have to spend time struggling with this bug, rather than blogging about Perl? Hope that @arc can set aside the tuits to fix this soon. This bug has been biting too many for too long!

[samuelckaufman]

I think at this point it might be best to start looking for a blogs.perl replacement, hopefully with a data migration rather than trying to repair it. I've no interest in working with Movable Type, but I do love blogs.perl as a site.

[zoffixznet]

👍 on finding something new

Need help? Hit me up.

[mauke]

I have the same issue.

[soonix]

still an unsolved problem. I can login via the /mt/mt.fcgi, but he only thing accessible from there is my profile.

[choroba]

I was able to log in and comment.
http://blogs.perl.org/users/flavio_s_glock/2015/07/a-perl5-to-java-compiler---first-benchmark.html#comment-1609161

[exodist]

I am in the same boat here. I can log in for writing posts, but not comments.