Must log in twice to post

[ronsavage]

Hi Folks

I logged in to blogs.perl.org. Then I clicked on Post and it asked me to log in again.

[briandfoy]

I continually have the same problem.

[benkasminbullock]

This problem is continuing in 2021.

When one clicks the "Sign in" button at the top, an mt_commenter cookie is returned. When one then clicks Post, there is another "Sign in" page which then goes on to set an mt_user cookie. So the authentication at the top of the page is for mt_commenter authentication and a further mt_user cookie is required also.

There is some source code here:

https://github.com/movabletype/movabletype/blob/master/lib/MT/App.pm

I don't know if it's possible to log in mt_user cookie from the top "Sign in".

[benkasminbullock]

It looks from the template source code like the top page "blogs.perl.org" is set up as another blog within Movable Type, then the "Sign in" link there sends people to a commenter login where they log in as "commenters" to the main blog, but then when one wants to post to one's own blog, the link to "Post" from the top page sends one to one's own blog's login page, which is why there are these two kinds of cookies.

[ap]

Thanks for that pointer. Note that one login page is rendered by mt.cgi, the other is rendered by mt-cp.cgi. The mt.cgi login sets mt_user while the mt-cp.cgi login sets mt_commenter. I’m not yet certain that the difference in which cookie is set depends on which script is showing the login page, but it seems very likely, since it doesn’t seem like any request parameter affects which cookie each of them will set. I’m guessing the least-effort fix is going to be to make both scripts set both cookies, though that will have to be seen.