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Robutus

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posted on 2/26/2006 at 05:30 PM

I have a problem with the PostWrap 2.5 with 0.762.

It works fine until you want to "save stuff"

For example. When trying to add some URL's and press submit. It just shows the theme without any content in the module space, so basicly blank...

Same topic is to be found at Postnuke.com
http://forums.postnuke.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file =viewtopic&t=47302
Where there is a guy with the same problem

ROCOAFZ

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posted on 2/26/2006 at 08:14 PM

I have the same issue... happened either during 7.62 or the newest autotheme... didn't notice it till recently.

Sulla

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posted on 2/27/2006 at 02:37 AM

Confirm same experience. Upgrade to 0.7.6.2 and postwrap admin fails to save changes. Showstopper for me! PostWrap still serves existing entries (if postwrap is already installed when upgrading). If it is new installation of postwrap, then you are stuffed, as you can't switch Security Off and you can't make any entries in the URL Security. Catch 22?

I found a temporary workaround by modifying the MySQL Table directly (in this case using phpMyAdmin) to switch off the URL Checking function and the User Input.

Table is <your prefix>module_vars

You will need to look through the records until you find the PostWrap entries in the pn_modname Field. You will likely recognise the field names as they relate to the Control Panel.

The Setting Name is in the pn_name Field, and the value in the pn_value Field.

In my case, I changed:

Security to 0 (switch off)
no_use_entry to 0 (switch off)

This is a temporary measure as I normally use Secuity on.

You could also go into the <your prefix>postwrap_url Table, and make your security URLS entires there.

I can now make a menu entry and postwrap will deliver.

It would seem there is an incompatibliliy with PostWrap (I am using 2.5) and postNuke 0.7.6.2. I think they did some serious changes at the system level. The Language module has gone. You can find details at http://news.postnuke.com/index.php?name=News&file=artic le&sid=2754

Any chance of a patch to fix this, or just give the code snippet for which files (as a quick fix if possible).

Cheers.

ROCOAFZ

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posted on 3/3/2006 at 05:18 AM

Any fix going to be released for this?

Shawn

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posted on 3/3/2006 at 11:26 PM

Time permitting I'll check. I will try and solicit some help from markwest.

-Shawn

ROCOAFZ

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posted on 3/5/2006 at 07:23 AM

thanks, i use post wrap a lot on our site as we are a gamin clan and i wrap the server info + the teamspeak into it. Check it out at www.attackforcez.com

It's functioning correctly but the admin is muffed so if i have to change anything...

bschrotter

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posted on 3/10/2006 at 02:44 PM

quote:
thanks, i use post wrap a lot on our site as we are a gamin clan and i wrap the server info + the teamspeak into it. Check it out at www.attackforcez.com

It's functioning correctly but the admin is muffed so if i have to change anything...

Same thing here, and waiting. I wish there was an easy way to transfer users and stories from PN to Joomla.

markwest

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posted on 3/10/2006 at 04:20 PM

I've let Shawn know what the cause of this problem is. Basically change was made in PN because we discovered that API functions were directly accessabile via the URL i..e where you have index.php?module=mymod&type=mytype&func=myfunc; type will usually be admin or user but up until .762 you could change this to adminapi/userapi and get direct access to API functions.

For there to be an actual exploit additional factors were needed but it was important to close this loophole. All modules coded to full pnAPI compliance continued to function ok however one or two (v4bjournal and postwrap) take advantage of this loophole and, thus, have ceased to function.

The fix should be relatively small depending on the original code. A form handler needs writing to take the form input, validate it and pass it on to the API.

@shawn - did you get my reply?

-Mark

Shawn

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posted on 3/10/2006 at 04:34 PM

Yes, thanks Mark! Fairly simple fix. An update is in the Downloads section.

Thanks!
-Shawn

[Edited on 3/10/2006 by Shawn]

Robutus

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posted on 3/21/2006 at 08:45 PM

Great