By drlakshan on

Hi All,

I have a peculiar problem where my logged in users sees an empty login box once they come to forum link and home link. Although they appear not logged in if they click on another link the navigation block get displayed with the username on the top. They are confused whether they are logged in or not.

I found a simillar thread in Drupal 4 branch and none on this 5.7 stable edition.

Furthermore I do not have shell access to the server but I can edit the files using C panel. How to patch in such a situation.

Your advice is highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance

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vm commented

with regards to patching files, patch them on your local machine using the doucmentation found in the documentation section on patching: use apply patch as a searhc term, should come up as the first node.

with regards to login block continuously showing, you've not really supplied enough information to help diagnose. Is this the default login block ?
are you using a default theme ? if no, can this be repeated on a default theme ?

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drlakshan commented

Thank you for the prompt reply.

Yes it is the default login block.

I have Drupal 5.7, uptodate front page module and Bluemarine theme.

I get this problem particularly when i click on home and forum links

After logging in, if i click the "home" link, I am taken to the frontpage of the anonymous user with the default login block. If i click a link on the navigation, I am taken to the correct node with the correct authenticated user name.

After logging in, If I click forum link, I am taken to the /forum, but it asks to login to post forum topics or comments. If is click inside the container I can post without any problem.

Weird isn't it?

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vm commented

sounds like it could be a problem with the frontpage.module.

disable this module and see if issue persists. If it does not check the front page module issue querry for already reported problems.

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drlakshan commented

Hi

Thanks for the reply. It was indeed a problem with frontpage. I removed it then there are no problems. thanks again

lakshent

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debonator commented

no one sees the login box. not anonymous users, not authenticated users, no one. the core user login box simply does not exist. it's not even an option under admin>>blocks. what the eff? if i switch themes (from garland to anything else) it appears under the admin>> blocks, and i can enable it there, but it still doesn't show up.

any ideas?