Author Topic: ERROR: You need to send a valid user name and password to execute this file (Read 2095 times)

pgay@patrickgay.com · August 27, 2007, 04:53:20 pm

Trying to run UpdateMembershipRecords.php and am getting the message above.

The user I am using is the administrator.

How do I get the admin user added to the Administrator role?

pgay@patrickgay.com · August 27, 2007, 05:21:02 pm

Ok, solved this:

In the UpdateMembershipRecord.php, found the following line:

Code: [Select]

CRM_Utils_System::authenticateScript( true );

and changed it to

Code: [Select]

CRM_Utils_System::authenticateScript( false );

I realize this makes it not authenticate, but frankly, I'd rather have this than passing the userid and password in a url, especially if done in a cronjob.

Patrick

Donald Lobo · August 27, 2007, 05:29:41 pm

The main problem with not aborting is this allows folks to execute those "cron" php scripts (if u know how to construct the "right" url). I dont think this is secure enough. Hence a new solution for 1.8. We'd like to improve this going forward, so comments / suggestions are welcome and appreciated

Note that you can use curl and send the name/pass in a POST request if you dont want it to appear in your access logs. You could also use https if you want to encrypt the contents of the post data

lobo

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ERROR: You need to send a valid user name and password to execute this file

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