authentification check tests for cookies acceptance
list Rolf Schrittenlocher
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: (XX) XX - XXX XXXXX Fax: (XX) XX XXX XXXXX LBS: user-1e39a1813094@xymon.invalid Persoenlich: user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid
list Ralph Mitchell
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" <
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user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid> 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: (XX) XX - XXX XXXXX Fax: (XX) XX XXX XXXXX LBS: user-1e39a1813094@xymon.invalid Persoenlich: user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid
list Rolf Schrittenlocher
Thank you Ralph, so that'll be the best way, kind regards Rolf
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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"
<user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid>>
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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
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Mit freundlichen Gruessen
Rolf Schrittenlocher
Lokales Bibliothekssystem Frankfurt
Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt
Tel: (XX) XX - XXX XXXXX Fax: (XX) XX XXX XXXXX
LBS: user-1e39a1813094@xymon.invalid
Persoenlich: user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid
-- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Rolf Schrittenlocher Lokales Bibliothekssystem Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt Tel: (XX) XX - XXX XXXXX Fax: (XX) XX XXX XXXXX LBS: user-1e39a1813094@xymon.invalid Persoenlich: user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid
list Ralph Mitchell
There are (at least) 2 ways to handle this: 1) 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. 2) 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 <
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user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid> 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" < user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid> 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: (XX) XX - XXX XXXXX Fax: (XX) XX XXX XXXXX LBS: user-1e39a1813094@xymon.invalid Persoenlich: user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid-- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Rolf Schrittenlocher Lokales Bibliothekssystem Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt Tel: (XX) XX - XXX XXXXX Fax: (XX) XX XXX XXXXX LBS: user-1e39a1813094@xymon.invalid Persoenlich: user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid
list Rolf Schrittenlocher
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
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There are (at least) 2 ways to handle this: 1) 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. 2) 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 <user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid>> 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" <user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid>> 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: (XX) XX - XXX XXXXX Fax: (XX) XX XXX XXXXX LBS: user-1e39a1813094@xymon.invalid Persoenlich: user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid-- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Rolf Schrittenlocher Lokales Bibliothekssystem Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt Tel: (XX) XX - XXX XXXXX Fax: (XX) XX XXX XXXXX
LBS:user-1e39a1813094@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-1e39a1813094@xymon.invalid>
Persoenlich:user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid>
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-- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Rolf Schrittenlocher Lokales Bibliothekssystem Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 31, 60054 Frankfurt Tel: (XX) XX - XXX XXXXX Fax: (XX) XX XXX XXXXX LBS: user-1e39a1813094@xymon.invalid Persoenlich: user-4b3b4051a09b@xymon.invalid