[Tfug] Strange problem on my phpbb forum
Judd Pickell
pickell at gmail.com
Sun Jan 6 13:14:11 MST 2008
The return address is in the database under phpbb_config (If I recall
correctly). Chances are it has been modified either by a plugin, or
external access to be the actual IP instead of the domain as you had
originally requested it be setup. I could give you more details but I
haven't worked closely with phpbb2 in awhile. All of the redirect
links as well as direct links are built from the information in the
database. So that should be where you start your hunt.
I hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Judd Pickell
On Jan 6, 2008 12:20 PM, Jeffry Johnston <tfug at kidsquid.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On my web server box, I recently set up a phpbb forum for my wife and her
> friends, but it is having trouble. When they try to log in, it
> redirects them to http://192.168.1.3/phpbb/index.php, obviously not
> right!... and so they cannot log in reliably (one user reported being
> able to hit their browser back arrow to get in). Unfortunately,
> there are a lot of things going on here which complicate the issue.
> I'll try to give all the details. I appreciate any help and
> suggestions! If you need more details in a certain area, please ask.
>
> Software versions:
> * Debian Linux stable (Etch)
> * Linux, 2.6.18-4-686
> * apache2, 2.2.3-4
> * phpbb2, 2.0.21-6
> * Other apps running on the server without this 192.168.1.3 problem:
> Moin Moin (wiki), DokuWiki
>
> DNS, IP, ports, etc:
> * Internal IP: 192.168.1.3, apache2 listening on port 980
> * External IP: dynamic (Cox cable)
> * External DNS: calamari.reverse-dns.net, a freedns.afraid.org dynamic
> dns domain.
> * My actual domain name: kidsquid.com
> * Subdomain: http://momshangout.kidsquid.com/ stealth redirects to
> http://calamari.reverse-dns.net:980/phpbb
>
> Router:
> * Linksys BEFW11S4 V4, 192.168.1.1
> * Setup: Network Address Server Settings (DHCP): Static DNS 1:
> 192.168.1.2, Static DNS 2: 192.168.1.3, Static DNS 3: 192.168.1.4
> note: one weirdness here is that I have to specify my server IP above,
> if I don't then it isn't accessible from outside.. which doesn't make
> much sense to me. But it causes headabches because when I connect a
> machine and have it use DHCP, then it thinks my DNS addresses are
> those above, which aren't correct. This is my strongest suspicion of
> a problem at this point, but I don't know how to fix it.
> * Applications & Gaming: Application: APACHE2, Start: 980, End: 980,
> Protocol: Both (TCP and UDP), IP Address: 192.168.1.3, Enable: Yes
>
> I searched my phpbb installation for the following (grep -Ri {keyword}
> /usr/share/phpbb2/*), with no hits:
> localhost, kidsquid, reverse-dns, 192.168.1.3
>
> /etc/apache2/ports.conf:
> Listen 80
> Listen 980
>
> /etc/apache2/httpd.conf:
> ServerName calamari.reverse-dns.net:980
> UseCanonicalName On
>
> /etc/apache2/sites-available/default:
> NameVirtualHost *
> <VirtualHost *>
> ServerAdmin webmaster at localhost
> ServerName calamari.reverse-dns.net:980
> UseCanonicalName On
>
> DocumentRoot /var/www/public_html/
> <Directory />
> Options FollowSymLinks
> AllowOverride None
> </Directory>
> <Directory /var/www/public_html/>
> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
> AllowOverride None
> Order allow,deny allow from all
> # This directive allows us to have apache2's default start page
> # in /apache2-default/, but still have / go to the
> right place
> # RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/
> </Directory>
>
> ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/cgi-bin/
> <Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin">
> AllowOverride None
> Options ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
> Order allow,deny
> Allow from all
> </Directory>
>
> ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
>
> # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
> # alert, emerg.
> LogLevel warn
>
> CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
> ServerSignature On
>
> Alias /doc/ "/usr/share/doc/"
> <Directory "/usr/share/doc/">
> Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
> AllowOverride None
> Order deny,allow
> Deny from all
> Allow from 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 ::1/128
> </Directory>
>
> Alias /phpbb /usr/share/phpbb2/site
> <Directory /usr/share/phpbb2/site>
> Options FollowSymLinks
> AllowOverride Limit
> #Deny from all
> #Allow from 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.4
> Allow from all
> </Directory>
>
> </VirtualHost>
>
> /etc/phpbb2/apache.conf:
> # Note: order matters
> Alias /phpbb/images/avatars /var/lib/phpbb2/avatars
> Alias /phpbb /usr/share/phpbb2/site
>
> <Directory /usr/share/phpbb2/site/>
> <IfModule mod_php4.c>
> php_flag register_globals off
> </IfModule>
> <IfModule mod_php5.c>
> php_flag register_globals off
> </IfModule>
>
> Options -Indexes +FollowSymlinks
>
> DirectoryIndex index.php
>
> AllowOverride None
> order allow,deny
> allow from all
> </Directory>
>
> # For a second board on the same server (see README.multiboard for details):
> #
> #Alias /second_board/images/avatars /var/lib/phpbb2/board2_avatars <<< create!
> #Alias /second_board /usr/share/phpbb2/site
> #<Location /second_board>
> # php_value auto_prepend_file /etc/phpbb2/alternative_config.php
> #</Location>
>
> # For virtual host:
> #<VirtualHost *>
> # # For using an alternative database (for multiple boards for example)
> # php_value auto_prepend_file /etc/phpbb2/virtualhost_config.php
> #
> # ServerName forum.example.com
> # DocumentRoot /usr/share/phpbb2/site
> # # You may need to workaround the global /images/ alias in your apache
> # # configuration, your mileage may vary
> # Alias /images/avatars /var/lib/phpbb2/avatars
> # Alias /images /usr/share/phpbb2/site/images
> #</VirtualHost>
>
> /etc/phpbb2/config.php:
> <?php
> // Database configuration file for phpbb2. This file is automatically
> // generated by phpbb2-conf-mysql
>
> /*
> Please use `dpkg-reconfigure phpbb2-conf-mysql' if you want to modify
> these variables, or deinstall phpbb2-conf-mysql altogether.
>
> Only this way phpbb2-conf-mysql can upgrade your table definitions
> when needed.
> */
>
> $dbms = "mysql";
>
> $dbhost = "localhost";
> $dbname = "phpbb2";
> $dbuser = "phpbb2";
> $dbpasswd = "...censored ;)...";
>
> $table_prefix = "phpbb_";
>
> define('PHPBB_INSTALLED', true);
>
> Thanks a lot for any help!
> Jeff
>
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