[SOLVED]Problem with Install Emoncms on Debian Stretch

Matrata · 2018-03-25T15:38:35.996Z

Hello,

I install emoncms from github on install instructions.
First register or login error screen [object] [object] object

pb66 · 2018-03-25T15:52:40.972Z

I think your password is too small.
username must not be < 3 chars and password must not be <4

emoncms/emoncms/blob/master/Modules/user/user_model.php#L210

    
      
              } else {
                  $userData = $result->fetch_object();
                  if ($userData->id != 0)
                  {
                      $_SESSION['userid'] = $userData->id;
                      $_SESSION['username'] = $userData->username;
                      $_SESSION['read'] = 1;
                      $_SESSION['write'] = 1;
                      $_SESSION['admin'] = $userData->admin;
                      $_SESSION['lang'] = $userData->language;
                      $_SESSION['timezone'] = $userData->timezone;
                      if (isset($userData->startingpage)) $_SESSION['startingpage'] = $userData->startingpage;
                      // There is a chance that an attacker has stolen the login token, so we store
                      // the fact that the user was logged in via RememberMe (instead of login form)
                      $_SESSION['cookielogin'] = true;
                  }
              }
          } else {
              // if($this->rememberme->loginTokenWasInvalid()) {
              //    $this->logout(); // Stolen
              // }

but I cannot be sure because I would have expected a better error message eg “Password length error” so please let us know even it is just that, that is the issue so we can work out why the message is incorrect.

Matrata · 2018-03-25T16:02:02.238Z

I’ve tried all sorts of passwords, but I’m worried about the bug because I do not see what the error is.
When trying to sign up with non-identical passwords, it says that the passwords do not match, there’s something else here.

pb66 · 2018-03-25T16:07:56.599Z

Matrata:

Also, in the root directory of an emon, I do not have a user folder

You shouldn’t have a user folder in the root of emoncms. If you are referring to the location of the file I linked, that is in the Modules folder, emoncms/Modules/user/user_model.php.

Matrata:

I’ve tried all sorts of passwords,

Ok so now you know a 3 char password is not valid, stick with a larger password and try it again, this time with the browser console open (via F11 on many browsers) to see it there are any better error messages.

Matrata · 2018-03-25T16:12:56.851Z

POST http://192.168.1.107/user/register.json 404 (Not Found)

it is probably something rewrite on apache2

pb66 · 2018-03-25T16:20:05.457Z

Matrata:

it is probably something rewrite on apache2

looks that way, did you enable mod-rewrite and restart apache2 ?

Matrata · 2018-03-25T16:30:29.816Z

I found a solution,
missing the .htaccess file, then a mistaken error occurred in the apache log that was missing
I had to add

  <Directory / var / www />

>          Options + SymLinksIfOwnerMatch

AllowOverride All
         Order deny, allow
         Allow from all
     </ Directory>

And it already links to the files, but can not create a user, but nowhere is a mistake.

Matrata · 2018-03-25T17:00:47.278Z

Problem solved with add command on mysql.

Solved error with this question

Emoncms "Error creating user"

Maybe I have found the possible problem:

The column “tags” from the table “users” is not installed as default null. That means that the DB expect a input for that column which is not given at the first registration.

The possible solution for that problem is:
ALTER TABLE `users` CHANGE `tags` `tags` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL;
This could be solve the problem, but…

WARNING!

I think a developer should verify my post and agree if that solves the problem.
All other who use this change of the database make it on their own risk.

PS: I wonder very much that such kind of errors are not found at any logs! Why?