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Auto submission is not allowed..error
Hi,

I'm running Links version 2.0 and when a user submits a link the error message they receive is:

Auto submission is not allowed in this directory. Please visit the site to add your entry.

I tried changing to the full path as the comment suggests in my cgi-bin/add22.cgi file to no avail. Beyond that for now, I'm out of my league and looking for some direction as to where the problem may be.

Any help appreciated. Thanks.


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Re: [JulesM] Auto submission is not allowed..error In reply to
Erm, not really "Pre Sales" this question? Wink... I've moved it for ya

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I'm running Links version 2.0 and when a user submits a link the error message they receive is:

Auto submission is not allowed in this directory. Please visit the site to add your entry.

I tried changing to the full path as the comment suggests in my cgi-bin/add22.cgi file to no avail. Beyond that for now, I'm out of my league and looking for some direction as to where the problem may be.

Erm, are you running Links SQL or Links 2 (non SQL) ????

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Re: [Andy] Auto submission is not allowed..error In reply to
Thanks. I have no idea if this is a sql or not. Guess I have some reading to do as this might not be an easy fix.

I put it in pre-sales because I almost want to assume that a new version will have to be purchased.


Thank you again.

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JulesM: Sep 21, 2010, 8:44 AM
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Re: [JulesM] Auto submission is not allowed..error In reply to
Ok - you didn't answer my question though ;)

Is this Links 2 (http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/links/) , or Gossamer Links (http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/glinks/)

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Ok sorry about that. I know nothing about this system. It's the non-sql version.
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Re: [JulesM] Auto submission is not allowed..error In reply to
Ok np - I've moved it for you

This error:

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Auto submission is not allowed in this directory. Please visit the site to add your entry.

...isn't a standard error (as far as I can remember)

Have you installed any other "hack" / "mods" ?

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Re: [JulesM] Auto submission is not allowed..error In reply to
Sorry, my mistake - seems like that is a standard feature:

add.cgi:

Code:
sub process_form {
# --------------------------------------------------------
my ($key, $status, $line, $output);
# Check the referer.
if (@db_referers and $ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'}) {
$found = 0;
foreach (@db_referers) {
$ENV{'HTTP_REFERER'} =~ /$_/i and $found++ and last;
}
if (!$found) {
&site_html_add_failure ("Auto submission is not allowed in this directory. Please visit the site to add your entry.");
return;
}
}

What do you have set in your links.cfg for:

@db_referers

?

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Re: [Andy] Auto submission is not allowed..error In reply to
There was a problem with link validation and they renamed the add21 file to add22 "for validation reasons"...other peoples words. The guy I'm fixing this for told me that it was working fine but had stopped a while ago. He has thousands of links backed-up and only one way to check if they're broken or not. This is going to be fun.
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In links.cfg

@db_referers = ();

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JulesM: Sep 21, 2010, 9:08 AM
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MMm.. I can't see why that would stop it

BTW, you say he has "thousands" of links.... maybe worth looking at upgrading to GLinks (SQL) ... cos Links2 limits out at around 1-2k worth of links (after that, you may find you get DB errors, where the files get corrupt)

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Re: [Andy] Auto submission is not allowed..error In reply to
Thanks mate. See that was my initial thought but my gut tells me that this guy is a cheapskate...hence asking me to repair it.
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Re: [JulesM] Auto submission is not allowed..error In reply to
hahha fair enough =)

Well, I guess you could try adding some debugging in, to see where/why that error is coming up. It must be standard code, so not sure why it wouldn't be working on his site - but fine on hundreds/housands of others.

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