Description: I cannot delete a previously generated
certificate using AuthStore.
Workaround:
Delete the file under $HTTPD_ROOT/admin/keys, and rerun the AuthStore program.WARNING: Do this only if that's the only certificate in the keystore. Do this only for the self generated certificates.
Proxy Service may not set some of the headers correctly.Workaround:With JDK 1.1, two of the headers are always set as follows:
User-Agent: Java1.1_Final Accept: text/html, image/gif, image/jpeg, *; q=.2, */*; q=.2
None at this time. This will be fixed with JDK 1.1.1 and later.
Unsigned Jar files are not recognized by Java Web Server.Workaround:
Sign the Jar files, or use just class file as it is.
The proxy server will sometimes throw Out of Memory exceptions. When this happens, the proxy may have to be restarted.Workaround:
None.
Hitting the restart button on the Setup->Basic screen rapidly will wedge the service being restarted into a state where the socket is bound, but the service is not listed as up, and it has no threads devoted to it.Workaround:
Avoid hitting the Restart button multiple times.
As shipped, Java Server has a single process. It is currently impossible to manage additional servers even though the UI can display them.Workaround:
Edit the property files by hand.
There are several properties that are specific to servers that cannot be viewed or changed in the admin UI.Workaround:
Edit the property files by hand.
Services can be stopped and started but the entire server process cannot.Workaround:
Use operating system commands to stop the server.
Listing of very large realms can be slow in the security sectionWorkaround:
Avoid large realms
The Help buttons bring up a secondary browser window to show the help pages.Workaround:There are two main problems with this:
- The help window obscures the applet window, making it unclear that the help is actually showing in a separate window
- The Back button on the browser can return to the applet page, causing users to think they need to sign on again, resulting in two or more sessions at once
Move the help window when it first comes up. Don't iconify the help window, and don't click the browser's Back button in the help window.
When a service with a port of less than 1024 running on Unix is restarted, the entire process must restart. The UI does not track this, causing spurious errors when the user tries to perform any action in the applet before the admin service has started again.Workaround:
Wait a while until the administrative service has started. The period to wait varies according to the system and load, but 10-30 seconds should usually be enough.
Occasionally, when switching from a certificate to a key, Save and Revert will remain disabled. Additionally, they will sometimes remain enabled when you haven't made any changes.Workaround:
Flip to another key, and back to the one you want, and Save/Revert should behave correctly.
In the ACL editing screen, if you have expanded the list of principals and permissions and then add a permission, the tree contents are refreshed and all entries are unexpanded. This requires re-expanding entries.Workaround:
Re-expand the principal you want to see.
The Defaults buttons load a hard-wired set of values into the screen rather than service-specific defaults. This can cause confusion when, for instance, port 8080 is used as the default for different services.Workaround:
Check the default settings to be sure you want them before saving.
Some properties cannot be managed from the admin applet. Currently these fields include:Workaround:Unix user/group to run as DNS name resolution in logging Rolling in roll files turned on or off Proxy keepalive (feature disabled for beta) Enable/disable servlet URL loading Administration service port
Edit the property files by hand.
Graphic images are fuzzy on some of the category and command buttons.Workaround:
None.
The Server/Service and Manage Service panels have two labels at the top acting as a header. On Windows NT (at least) the colors of these panels are the default black on gray instead of white on dark blue.Workaround:
None.
The miniature tree icons in the section tree may not display on NT, even though the coffepot and cup icons for the Server/Service screen appear fine.Workaround:
None.
Log Analyzer may not refresh data correctly when the Refresh Data button is clicked. Even if the Access Log has changed, the new data is sometimes not seen on the chart.Workaround:
Restart the applet and if necessary the server.
Log Analyzer does not clear its chart when another service is selected. When one service's data is charted, and another service with no access data is managed and its data charted, the first service's chart appears instead of the message indicating that there is no data.Workaround:
Select a different chart type and then rechart the desired chart.
White space characters are not ignored on user input. When the user adds two strings, one without a whitespace and one with whitespace characters appended at the end, the server distinguishes the two, which should be recognized as one. This applies to any field that has an 'add' operation.Workaround:
Don't enter user, group, or ACL names that include blanks.
No way to view log output from admin applet, but it should be possible to view logs, especially error logs, from the admin UI.Workaround:
Use operating system commands to view the files.
Unix shutdown will not gracefully shutdown the server. We should provide a commandline utility that will shutdown the server if run as root.Workaround:
Use operating system commands to stop the server.
Choice menus vanish under Netscape. For example in the log section of the setup, if the user makes a change and tries to revert it, the box disappears. When the user clicks on the area where the box is supposed to be, then it shows up again. It is caused by a AWT bug in Netscape Navigator.Workaround:
Click on the place where the choice box should appear.
Error messages are not consistently wordedWorkaround:
None required.