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<div>Hi Stuart,</div>
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<div> Actually this was the 16.04 instance. Captcha started to work automagically from yesterday afternoon!</div>
<div> Here is the dump of configuration.db - </div>
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<div> /home/httpd/perl/debug/dump_db.pl -u /home/httpd/lonUsers/mathstatdal/configuration.db</div>
<div>scantron = $VAR1 = {</div>
<div> 'scantronformat' => ''</div>
<div> };</div>
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<div>defaults = $VAR1 = {</div>
<div> 'datelocale_def' => '',</div>
<div> 'lang_def' => '',</div>
<div> 'auth_arg_def' => '',</div>
<div> 'auth_def' => undef,</div>
<div> 'timezone_def' => '',</div>
<div> 'portal_def' => 'http://capa.mathstat.dal.ca'</div>
<div> };</div>
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<div>login = $VAR1 = {</div>
<div> 'captcha' => 'original',</div>
<div> 'coursecatalog' => '0',</div>
<div> 'newuser' => '0',</div>
<div> 'loginheader' => undef,</div>
<div> 'adminmail' => '0',</div>
<div> 'showlogo' => {</div>
<div> 'logo' => '1',</div>
<div> 'img' => '1'</div>
<div> },</div>
<div> 'helpdesk' => '1',</div>
<div> 'recaptchakeys' => {</div>
<div> 'private' => '',</div>
<div> 'public' => ''</div>
<div> }</div>
<div> };</div>
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<div> I tried the rebuild of gdbm file after renaming the configuration.db file. The result is the same as above. </div>
<div> Users are reporting that everything is working as expected though. Thanks a lot. </div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Room 004, Chase Building</b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Department of Mathematics and Statistics </b></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left">Dalhousie University</div>
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> lon-capa-admin-bounces@mail.lon-capa.org <lon-capa-admin-bounces@mail.lon-capa.org> on behalf of Stuart Raeburn <raeburn@msu.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 23, 2017 8:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> lon-capa-admin@mail.lon-capa.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LON-CAPA-admin] Loncapa Captcha</font>
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<div class="PlainText">Hi Balagopal,<br>
<br>
When I visited the "Contact Helpdesk" web form on your mathstat server <br>
(reported version: 2.11.2) a few hours ago, a Captcha was included in <br>
the form, and when I submitted with the correct Captcha completed, it <br>
was validated, and the help request was processed. (Perhaps this is <br>
your 14.04 instance?).<br>
<br>
Your domain's configuration.db file will be found at:<br>
<br>
/home/httpd/lonUsers/mathstatdal/configuration.db<br>
<br>
On the filesystem you can view the contents using:<br>
<br>
/home/httpd/perl/debug/dump_db.pl -u <br>
/home/httpd/lonUsers/mathstatdal/configuration.db<br>
<br>
If necessary you can rebuild the GDBM file from the corresponding <br>
.hist file with the commands:<br>
<br>
cd /home/httpd/lonUsers/mathstatdal/<br>
/home/httpd/perl/debug/rebuild_db_from_hist.pl configuration.hist<br>
<br>
if you want to test the rebuild first you would use:<br>
<br>
/home/httpd/perl/debug/rebuild_db_from_hist.pl -t configuration.hist<br>
<br>
However, I would check the backup of your server first, and compare <br>
file size and modification time for the current configuration.db, and <br>
the one in your backup.<br>
<br>
><br>
> I see coursecatagories, cousedefaults etc on 14.04. But <br>
> on 16.04, all I see is two sections (one is<br>
> duplicate of the other)<br>
<br>
Yes it sounds as though the 16.04 version does not have the complete <br>
configuration.db file.<br>
<br>
Note: the /cgi-bin/listdomconfig.pl script will output two copies of <br>
the configuration information, each copy beginning with the header line:<br>
<br>
Domain configuration for Department of Mathematics and Statistics <br>
(lonmathstat1)<br>
<br>
The reason for the duplicates is that the array returned by <br>
¤t_machine_ids() in lonnet.pm will contain <br>
('lonmathstat1','lonmathstat1');<br>
<br>
lonnet.pm rev. 1.1351 fixes that; see: <br>
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Stuart Raeburn<br>
LON-CAPA Academic Consortium<br>
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<br>
Quoting Balagopal Pillai <Balagopal.Pillai@Dal.Ca>:<br>
<br>
> Hi Stuart,<br>
><br>
> I checked the capa server again. Please see below -<br>
><br>
> libauthen-captcha-perl version - 1.024-1 on 16.04<br>
><br>
> /home/httpd/perl/debug/memcached_dump.pl |grep 'login.captcha'<br>
> 'mathstatdal.login.captcha' => 'original',<br>
><br>
> But I noticed another issue. As domain co-ordinator on <br>
> the 14.04 dev vm, listdomconfig.pl<br>
> lists info that is several pages long. But on 16.04, the <br>
> same thing is barely one page long.<br>
> I see coursecatagories, cousedefaults etc on 14.04. But <br>
> on 16.04, all I see is two sections (one is<br>
> duplicate of the other) that says defaults, login = $VAR1 <br>
> and scantron. Could this be corrupted<br>
> domain configuration? Could there be a way to regenerate <br>
> this config. Thanks a lot.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
><br>
> Balagopal Pillai<br>
> Room 004, Chase Building<br>
> Department of Mathematics and Statistics<br>
> Dalhousie University<br>
> Halifax, NS<br>
> (902) 494-3204<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> ________________________________<br>
> From: lon-capa-admin-bounces@mail.lon-capa.org <br>
> <lon-capa-admin-bounces@mail.lon-capa.org> on behalf of Stuart <br>
> Raeburn <raeburn@msu.edu><br>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 9:14 AM<br>
> To: lon-capa-admin@mail.lon-capa.org<br>
> Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-admin] Loncapa Captcha<br>
><br>
> Hi Balagopal,<br>
><br>
> By default, no Captcha is included in the "Contact Helpdesk" web form<br>
> (unauthenticated access) linked to from the log-in page.<br>
><br>
> A domain coordinator would use: Main Menu > Set domain configuration ><br>
> Display ("Log-in page options" checked), then check the "original<br>
> (CAPTCHA)" radio button in the "Contact helpdesk" CAPTCHA validation<br>
> row and push "Save Changes" to set the public-facing helpdesk to use<br>
> Authen::Captcha.<br>
><br>
> I tested this on VMs running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (both 32 and 64 bit) and<br>
> found that Captcha was working correctly, with files written to the<br>
> captchadb and captchaspool directories when I displayed the helpdesk<br>
> web form. When the form was submitted, the Captcha was validated as<br>
> expected.<br>
><br>
> A plain text display of your domain's configuration is available via:<br>
> /cgi-bin/listdomconfig.pl. A domain coordinator can display that URL,<br>
> when logged in, with the DC role selected. Look for the captcha item<br>
> within the "login = $VAR1 = { }" data structure. You can also check<br>
> what has been cached in memcache by running:<br>
><br>
> /home/httpd/perl/debug/memcached_dump.pl |grep'login.captcha'<br>
><br>
> from the command line.<br>
><br>
> On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:<br>
><br>
> sudo dpkg-query -s libauthen-captcha-perl<br>
><br>
> reports:<br>
><br>
> Version: 1.024-1<br>
> Depends: perl, libgd-perl | libgd-gd2-noxpm-perl | libgd-gd2-perl,<br>
> libstring-random-perl<br>
><br>
> You might check that the libgd-perl and libstring-random-perl packages<br>
> are present.<br>
><br>
> The version of libauthen-captcha-perl on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is 1.023-6.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Stuart Raeburn<br>
> LON-CAPA Academic Consortium<br>
><br>
> Quoting Balagopal Pillai <Balagopal.Pillai@Dal.Ca>:<br>
><br>
>> Hi,<br>
>><br>
>> I upgraded Loncapa version to 2.11.2 and Ubuntu to 16.04<br>
>> today. Everything works fine<br>
>> except the captcha on help desk link. I tested it by<br>
>> upgrading the dev vm to 2.11.2 and leaving<br>
>> ubuntu there to 14.04. Captcha worked fine there. I checked<br>
>> the permissions for captchadb<br>
>> and captchaspool directories and they are both owned by<br>
>> apache user. The captcha perl packages<br>
>> are present on both vms. The only difference is OS version.<br>
>> I was wondering if there is something<br>
>> I am overlooking here. Thanks a lot.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Regards<br>
>><br>
>> Balagopal Pillai<br>
>> Room 004, Chase Building<br>
>> Department of Mathematics and Statistics<br>
>>><br>
>> Dalhousie University<br>
>> Halifax, NS<br>
>> (902) 494-3204<br>
><br>
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