ckfinder/editor deletes cookie

Hi,

I am trying to get dynamic image locations for ckfinder working on my asp website.
Somehow my session variables are cleared when ckfinder is loaded (is this normal??), so as a workaround, I'm trying to set the images path (for baseDir and baseUrl) in a cookie. This works fine until the image button is clicked in ckeditor: the existing cookie is deleted and a new cookie is created and so I've lost my path.

Is there a way to disable cookies for ckeditor/ckfinder? I don't mind the ckfinder settings not being saved and I already set the RememberLastFolder function to false.
Or is there a way to keep my session variables filled?

Thanks.

Thu, 01/14/2010 - 10:39

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: ckfinder/editor deletes cookie

Session variables are based on cookies, so if your cookies get lost then it's logical to lose also any session.

Are you using the CKEditor 3.1?
Prior to this version opening the image dialog launched an empty request that in some configurations made the server think that it needed to clear the session: http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/4707

But I don't think that this should affect the cookies, although it depends on how you have setup your server.

And are you sure that the cookies are lost?
Could it be that they are not accessible for CKFinder, but they still remain in the main page?
This could happen for example if you set CKFinder as a virtual folder with its own Application pool (or however it's named)

Thu, 01/14/2010 - 11:30

xtremelead

Joined: 14/01/2010

Posts: 4

Re: ckfinder/editor deletes cookie

Yes, I am using ckeditor 3.1 and ckfinder 1.4.1.1

I have been looking to the ticket you supplied, but that does not seem to be the issue here.

I am sure the cookie gets lost, because I'm monitoring the cookies folder on my pc. The cookie gets filled with all the correct information I need. At the moment I click the image button in the editor, the cookie disappears and a new one is created with wrong data (paths are gone).

ckfinder is not a virtual directory, it resides in the root of my website. It has its own application in IIS on server 2003.

Somehow this DOES work in Firefox, only IE seems to have this problem. Unfortunately, I have to use IE.
Do you know of any differences ckeditor/ckfinder gets handled by IE and Firefox?

Thu, 01/14/2010 - 12:11

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: ckfinder/editor deletes cookie

xtremelead wrote:
ckfinder is not a virtual directory, it resides in the root of my website. It has its own application in IIS on server 2003.

That's the problem (or at least that's usually a problem with cookies). It must not be a different application, or the cookies set for the main application won't work there.

Thu, 01/14/2010 - 12:27

xtremelead

Joined: 14/01/2010

Posts: 4

Re: ckfinder/editor deletes cookie

But then...why does it work with firefox?
Besides, I have to configure ckfinder as a different application (within the same application pool) because otherwise my thumbs will not work. I get the following error when uploading an image:

It was not possible to complete the request. (Error Error returned in call to Asp.Net)

thumbs work fine when ckfinder is an application.

Thu, 01/14/2010 - 15:10

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: ckfinder/editor deletes cookie

IE and Firefox have their own point of view with regards to some behaviors, and we have to suffer their differences.

Please, use this script to find out why it fails if it's not an Application: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=13604

Fri, 01/15/2010 - 08:29

xtremelead

Joined: 14/01/2010

Posts: 4

Re: ckfinder/editor deletes cookie

Ok, apparently I've got my thumbnail issue fixed, so I've set the ckfinder dir to NOT be an application. When I run the wizard I get no errors. Only the following warnings:

Warning. The connector is enabled for everybody.

Warning The permissions of the "files" folder allows to execute Asp scripts. This can be dangerous if somehow an attacker manages to upload such a file there.

Warning The permissions of the "files" folder allows to execute Asp.Net scripts. This can be dangerous if somehow an attacker manages to upload such a file there.

For me, these are not errors for now, as I'm currently in a test phase for my website. Still my cookie resets. Any thoughts?

Fri, 01/15/2010 - 09:01

alfonsoml

Joined: 31/12/2006

Posts: 3737

Re: ckfinder/editor deletes cookie

If you are using CKEditor 3.1 and CKFinder is not an application I don't know of any reason for that behavior. I would need to take a look at the site to understand what's going on. Can you send me a Personal message with the info to look at your site?

PS: yes, those messages aren't errors, they are just warnings that something might be wrong, but it's up to you to know if it's OK or not depending on your system.