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    • Windows install error on tw1.9rc1

    Posted by Lee Wilson posts: 43 New Zealand

    Hi all,

    I have upgraded my Linux server to tw1.9rc1 with no problems and yes this version does have some nice new features and fixes 😀

    However the upgrade on my Windows NT server was not so successfull. 🙁 After extracting the files into a new directory and opening tiki-install.php, then setting the db connection, then opening my browser in the new directory I get the following error and cannot do anything else.

    Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed by value; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of runtime function name(). If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file. However, future versions may not support this any longer. in c:\program files\easyphp1-7\www\tiki191\lib\userslib.php on line 543

    Looking at line 543 on userlib.php...

    // Read page AuthPAM at tw.o, it says about a php module required.
    // maybe and if extension line could be added here... module requires $error
    // as reference.
    if (pam_auth($user, $pass, &$error)) {
    return USER_VALID;
    } else {
    // Uncomment the following to see errors on that
    // error_log("TIKI ERROR PAM: $error User: $user Pass: $pass");
    return PASSWORD_INCORRECT;
    }
    }

    I have looked up AuthPAM pages on tw.o but unfortunatey this doesn't make a lot of sense to me as a non-developer.

    I do have my Admin, Login, Per::Auth option set to "Just use Tiki auth for admin?" and I do have an "admin" user.

    Phew if you are still with me then Help! I need somebody 😀

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    Posted by Damian Parker posts: 2881 United Kingdom

    All options on the PAM section in tiki-login admin page should be empty of off.

    Damian


    Posted by Lee Wilson posts: 43 New Zealand

    Thanks Damian,
    I see you are taking multiple hits in IRC right now.

    All options on the PAM section in tiki-login admin page ARE now empty or off and error persists.

    Also, I have Authentication method set to "Just Tiki"

    Posted by Damian Parker posts: 2881 United Kingdom

    As a suggestion just look at the code above that pam if and see what conditions its arriving at the pam code at.

    Probably be a sticky toggle setting or something that you could maybe tweak in the database.

    Damian


    Posted by Lee Wilson posts: 43 New Zealand

    You need to update the allow_call_time_pass_reference to "On"
    (i.e. "allow_call_time_pass_reference = On") in the php.ini file

    Use the Application menu, Admin, phpinfo to see where your php.ini file is

    My gotcha
    Beware that the allow_call_time_pass_reference appears twice in the php.ini file. Make sure you update the later. Thats is the one that is not aleady commented (;) out at the start of the file 😀

    Posted by joelg posts: 104 France

    IMHO this is a workaround, NOT a fix. You notice that PHP warns you that this usage has been "deprecated" - ie it is not a good idea to use it because it may well not be supported at all in a forthcoming version of PHP. The fix would presumably be to modify the function definition - however, I could not find the pam_auth function definition anywhere (well, I'm only running Windows, I don't have a grep...)

    But since I don't intend to use PAM anyway, the other solution is to modify the function call itself to read:
    if (pam_auth($user, $pass, $error))

    instead of:
    if (pam_auth($user, $pass, &$error))

    It is that "&" that PHP is disapproving of. Otherwise you end up with a deprecated configuration in your server php.ini which IMHO is very undesirable. 👻

    Of course this is not really a fix either - but I don't have time to work out where the pam_auth function is....

    Posted by Damian Parker posts: 2881 United Kingdom

    Running Windows is no excuse!
    Click Start -> Search or Find (depends on your version) and in those options you can search for text within files. Windows has grep variation built in! 😛

    Enjoy

    Damian

    Posted by joelg posts: 104 France

    I'm aware that there is a search function in Windows, and how it works. 😀

    However, when I enter "pam_auth" as the string being searched for and "lib" as the folder - the Windows search finds nothing....

    And this is not the first time I have had this experience... But heck, it's Windows 😢