authentification check tests for cookies acceptance
Hi all,
I want to test login on an authentification form with http. The requested url checks for the acceptance of cookies. If cookies aren't accepted an error message is returned even if authentification is successful. There is no need to transfer cookies contents, only xymon has to to send the information "yes, cookies accepted" with the http-test to the url. Is that possible?
kind regards Rolf
-- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Rolf Schrittenlocher
Lokales Bibliothekssystem Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt Tel: (49) 69 - 798 28908 Fax: (49) 69 798 28817 LBS: lbs-f at mlist.uni-frankfurt.de Persoenlich: schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de
It's very likely the web page has some JavaScript that is executed on loading, to set and read a cookie. Xymom doesn't do JavaScript, but you can fake it in an ext script using curl.
Ralph Mitchell On Nov 11, 2013 6:23 AM, "Rolf Schrittenlocher" < schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de> wrote:
Hi all,
I want to test login on an authentification form with http. The requested url checks for the acceptance of cookies. If cookies aren't accepted an error message is returned even if authentification is successful. There is no need to transfer cookies contents, only xymon has to to send the information "yes, cookies accepted" with the http-test to the url. Is that possible?
kind regards Rolf
-- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Rolf Schrittenlocher
Lokales Bibliothekssystem Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt Tel: (49) 69 - 798 28908 Fax: (49) 69 798 28817 LBS: lbs-f at mlist.uni-frankfurt.de Persoenlich: schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de
Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
Thank you Ralph, so that'll be the best way, kind regards Rolf
It's very likely the web page has some JavaScript that is executed on loading, to set and read a cookie. Xymom doesn't do JavaScript, but you can fake it in an ext script using curl.
Ralph Mitchell
On Nov 11, 2013 6:23 AM, "Rolf Schrittenlocher" <schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de <mailto:schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de>> wrote:
Hi all, I want to test login on an authentification form with http. The requested url checks for the acceptance of cookies. If cookies aren't accepted an error message is returned even if authentification is successful. There is no need to transfer cookies contents, only xymon has to to send the information "yes, cookies accepted" with the http-test to the url. Is that possible? kind regards Rolf -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Rolf Schrittenlocher Lokales Bibliothekssystem Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt Tel: (49) 69 - 798 28908 Fax: (49) 69 798 28817 LBS: lbs-f at mlist.uni-frankfurt.de <mailto:lbs-f at mlist.uni-frankfurt.de> Persoenlich: schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de <mailto:schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de> _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com <mailto:Xymon at xymon.com> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
-- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Rolf Schrittenlocher
Lokales Bibliothekssystem Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt Tel: (49) 69 - 798 28908 Fax: (49) 69 798 28817 LBS: lbs-f at mlist.uni-frankfurt.de Persoenlich: schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de
There are (at least) 2 ways to handle this:
try "curl -o page.html http://server.domain.com", then look at page.html to see what it does, and work out where to go from there.
there's a plugin for Firefox called LiveHTTPheaders. That records all incoming and outgoing headers when you go to a web page. That'll show what gets sent back to the server after the initial page discovers that cookies work.
It's possible that the initial page doesn't send anything back. It may just give any error if setting a cookie fails, rather than allowing you to continue. If so, you could probably use Xymon's http test.
Ralph Mitchell
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 1:46 AM, Rolf Schrittenlocher < schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de> wrote:
Thank you Ralph, so that'll be the best way, kind regards Rolf
It's very likely the web page has some JavaScript that is executed on loading, to set and read a cookie. Xymom doesn't do JavaScript, but you can fake it in an ext script using curl.
Ralph Mitchell On Nov 11, 2013 6:23 AM, "Rolf Schrittenlocher" < schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de> wrote:
Hi all,
I want to test login on an authentification form with http. The requested url checks for the acceptance of cookies. If cookies aren't accepted an error message is returned even if authentification is successful. There is no need to transfer cookies contents, only xymon has to to send the information "yes, cookies accepted" with the http-test to the url. Is that possible?
kind regards Rolf
-- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Rolf Schrittenlocher
Lokales Bibliothekssystem Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt Tel: (49) 69 - 798 28908 Fax: (49) 69 798 28817 LBS: lbs-f at mlist.uni-frankfurt.de Persoenlich: schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de
Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
-- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Rolf Schrittenlocher
Lokales Bibliothekssystem Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt Tel: (49) 69 - 798 28908 Fax: (49) 69 798 28817 LBS: lbs-f at mlist.uni-frankfurt.de Persoenlich: schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de
Hi Ralph,
I succeeded partly with curl (and finally with Xymon's build in http test). Partly because the login process I wanted to test turned out to be a serie of redirects where different data is created dynamically and transferred in hidden forms and tags. That was the real problem, not the cookie. I content myself now with checking the first part of this process, better than nothing. Thank you for helping,
kind regards Rolf
There are (at least) 2 ways to handle this:
try "curl -o page.html http://server.domain.com", then look at page.html to see what it does, and work out where to go from there.
there's a plugin for Firefox called LiveHTTPheaders. That records all incoming and outgoing headers when you go to a web page. That'll show what gets sent back to the server after the initial page discovers that cookies work.
It's possible that the initial page doesn't send anything back. It may just give any error if setting a cookie fails, rather than allowing you to continue. If so, you could probably use Xymon's http test.
Ralph Mitchell
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 1:46 AM, Rolf Schrittenlocher <schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de <mailto:schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de>> wrote:
Thank you Ralph, so that'll be the best way, kind regards RolfIt's very likely the web page has some JavaScript that is executed on loading, to set and read a cookie. Xymom doesn't do JavaScript, but you can fake it in an ext script using curl. Ralph Mitchell On Nov 11, 2013 6:23 AM, "Rolf Schrittenlocher" <schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de <mailto:schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de>> wrote: Hi all, I want to test login on an authentification form with http. The requested url checks for the acceptance of cookies. If cookies aren't accepted an error message is returned even if authentification is successful. There is no need to transfer cookies contents, only xymon has to to send the information "yes, cookies accepted" with the http-test to the url. Is that possible? kind regards Rolf -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Rolf Schrittenlocher Lokales Bibliothekssystem Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt Tel: (49) 69 - 798 28908 Fax: (49) 69 798 28817 LBS: lbs-f at mlist.uni-frankfurt.de <mailto:lbs-f at mlist.uni-frankfurt.de> Persoenlich: schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de <mailto:schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de> _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com <mailto:Xymon at xymon.com> http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon-- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Rolf Schrittenlocher Lokales Bibliothekssystem Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt Tel: (49) 69 - 798 28908 Fax: (49) 69 798 28817 LBS:lbs-f at mlist.uni-frankfurt.de <mailto:lbs-f at mlist.uni-frankfurt.de> Persoenlich:schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de <mailto:schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de>
-- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Rolf Schrittenlocher
Lokales Bibliothekssystem Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt Tel: (49) 69 - 798 28908 Fax: (49) 69 798 28817 LBS: lbs-f at mlist.uni-frankfurt.de Persoenlich: schritte at ub.uni-frankfurt.de
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