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10/19/2023

12:51 AM Feature #4856: web client session forking

The core requirement of the task is to open a new session of the same user easily without dialogs. That is achieved w... Galya B

12:39 AM Feature #4129: map web client users to OS accounts

You're referring to a very old comment, where I'm trying to figure out the point of the trusted security check that w... Galya B

12:37 AM Feature #4129: map web client users to OS accounts

Greg Shah wrote:
> I'm worried that the code is now written to force the storage of the password when customers will... Galya B

12:33 AM Feature #4854: origin affinity

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Some notes about the diff:
> * the testing I think can be done with Hotel GUI and enhan... Galya B

10/18/2023

04:42 PM Feature #4129: map web client users to OS accounts

> > > All OS users will have to have password defined for web, because the spawner does PAM authentication for the we... Greg Shah

02:24 PM Feature #4854: origin affinity

Some notes about the diff:
* the testing I think can be done with Hotel GUI and enhanced browse - this uses this sto... Constantin Asofiei

09:00 AM Feature #4856: web client session forking

> I'm pretty sure it's not expected the 4GL app to be subscribed for an event from web for a new forked session.
I... Greg Shah

08:59 AM Feature #4856: web client session forking

> You can have different users logged in with auto-login.
Please help me understand how this can work. Auto-login... Greg Shah

08:46 AM Feature #4856: web client session forking

I'm pretty sure it's not expected the 4GL app to be subscribed for an event from web for a new forked session.
Galya B

08:43 AM Feature #4856: web client session forking

You can have different users logged in with auto-login. This is not related to opening a new session (so called `fork... Galya B

08:33 AM Feature #4856: web client session forking

Our discussion in #7813 highlights that I did not pick up on a crucial detail.
> Also it dawned on me just now tha... Greg Shah

10/17/2023

04:41 AM Bug #7879: Cursor isn't positioned right when FILL-IN split on multiple lines

Tomasz Domin wrote:
> There are two issues:
> first - there is no label on initial screen, the issue is caused by a... Tomasz Domin

10/16/2023

11:22 AM Feature #4854: origin affinity

Sergey Ivanovskiy wrote:
> Ok. In this case you should create a branch or use the existing branch. I guess your chan... Galya B

09:49 AM Feature #4854: origin affinity

Ok. In this case you should create a branch or use the existing branch. I guess your changes are base on 3931a.
... Sergey Ivanovskiy

09:34 AM Feature #4854: origin affinity

Ah, that is. Yes, unfortunately there is no branch, only the diff. Galya B

09:33 AM Feature #4854: origin affinity

I did not find them because you did not commit them into the 3931a branch, correct? Sergey Ivanovskiy

02:49 AM Feature #4854: origin affinity

Sergey, you were able to miss this block of new code in the .diff?... Galya B

01:59 AM Feature #4853: implement support for reporting a device-id which is meant to identify a unique cl...

https://github.com/fingerprintjs/fingerprintjs changed their license and their current version is under commercial li... Galya B

10/13/2023

12:27 PM Feature #4854: origin affinity

Galya B wrote:
> With the introduction of cross-document messaging between the wrapper container and the iframe do... Sergey Ivanovskiy

09:36 AM Feature #4854: origin affinity

If @SsoAuthenticator@ related configs are not used, then all will go to the @"__default"@ key. If sso is enabled, dif... Galya B

09:34 AM Feature #4854: origin affinity

Good question. :) I modified the FWD code in @GuiWebDriver#init@ by adding at the end:... Galya B

09:27 AM Feature #4854: origin affinity

Galya, how did you test the new storage functionality? Sergey Ivanovskiy

01:07 AM Feature #7884: Standard 4GL methods used for login screen authentication to be exposed in session...

Refs #3931-457:
Greg Shah wrote:
> > Can we compile a list of authentication methods in OpenEdge 4GL that can be ... Galya B

01:05 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Galya, full reconversion is required because progress.g adds a new token - this invalida... Galya B

10/12/2023

04:55 PM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

> Can we compile a list of authentication methods in OpenEdge 4GL that can be applicable?
>
> I know only of @setu... Greg Shah

12:35 PM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Galya, full reconversion is required because progress.g adds a new token - this invalidates token IDs in schema AST f... Constantin Asofiei

08:00 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

The *migration plan* should assess the production / live system and answer several questions:
# Is @/embedded@ mod... Galya B

03:39 PM Feature #4854: origin affinity

Sergey: Please review. Greg Shah

02:38 PM Bug #7879: Cursor isn't positioned right when FILL-IN split on multiple lines

There are two issues:
first - there is no label on initial screen, the issue is caused by a ScrollEvent sent when FI... Tomasz Domin

10:26 AM Bug #7907: Browse row-leave handler not called after apply entry in FWD

Greg Shah wrote:
> Is this intended to be a generic bug or does this need to be moved into a customer project?
A ge... Yuriy Volyanskyy

09:36 AM Bug #7907: Browse row-leave handler not called after apply entry in FWD

Is this intended to be a generic bug or does this need to be moved into a customer project?
Is this related to any... Greg Shah

09:35 AM Bug #7907: Browse row-leave handler not called after apply entry in FWD

From Yuriy:
I made a unit test that works in OE but fails in FWD. Please see the attached file. It expects row-lea... Greg Shah

09:27 AM Bug #7907 (New): Browse row-leave handler not called after apply entry in FWD

Yuriy Volyanskyy

10/11/2023

09:55 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Greg Shah wrote:
> > Virtual desktop and embedded use the same resource for the login page. It is overridden in hote... Galya B

08:52 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

> Virtual desktop and embedded use the same resource for the login page. It is overridden in hotel_gui to have the pr... Greg Shah

08:01 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

3931a rebased on trunk r14770. Galya B

07:37 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> * finish the sample SSO for Hotel GUI, and make sure it works for both embedded and norm... Galya B

06:32 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> * finish the documentation: all new directory/bootstrap config options need to be docume... Galya B

05:17 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Galya, I think 3931a rev 14791 is OK. What needs to be done before merging this to trunk:
* rebase 3931a
* finish ... Constantin Asofiei

08:09 AM Bug #7879: Cursor isn't positioned right when FILL-IN split on multiple lines

Greg Shah wrote:
> Is wrapping even a valid ChUI use case?
I can't tell. But OE allows it. Hynek Cihlar

07:51 AM Bug #7879: Cursor isn't positioned right when FILL-IN split on multiple lines

Is wrapping even a valid ChUI use case? Greg Shah

02:47 AM Bug #7879: Cursor isn't positioned right when FILL-IN split on multiple lines

FWD after entering single character:... Tomasz Domin

02:15 AM Bug #7879: Cursor isn't positioned right when FILL-IN split on multiple lines

4gl - screen when fill-in has no characters... Tomasz Domin

01:47 AM Feature #4517 (WIP): optionally back the 4GL features for Registry access with the user-specific ...

Galya B

10/10/2023

10:14 AM Feature #4854 (Review): origin affinity

Solution attached as .diff based on latest 3931a r14791. Tested in Virtual Desktop mode (regular and auto login) and ... Galya B

05:28 AM Bug #7879 (WIP): Cursor isn't positioned right when FILL-IN split on multiple lines

Tomasz Domin

10/09/2023

04:47 AM Feature #4854: origin affinity

|WebSocket Event | Event Type ID | Description | localStorage access | Response WS msg | GuiWebSocket method |
... Galya B

10/08/2023

06:45 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

I've committed r14788 - r14791 with improvements to @fwd_sdk.js@: documentation on functions and an exposed @sendAuth... Galya B

01:01 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

The question is if there are customers using any 4GL methods like @setuserid@ for login page authentication: in-app c... Galya B

01:24 AM Feature #7884: Standard 4GL methods used for login screen authentication to be exposed in session...

4GL methods used by customers to authenticate in-app user & pass on login screens need to be provided in FWD for use ... Galya B

01:07 AM Feature #7884 (WIP): Standard 4GL methods used for login screen authentication to be exposed in s...

Galya B

10/07/2023

09:23 PM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Galya B wrote:
> But when duplicating the logic from @ConnectionManager.authenticate()@, I've noticed that the query... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

10/06/2023

10:09 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

I imagine after merging 3931a, we'll focus on closing #4571 and #7067, and after that formulate the new requirements ... Galya B

10:03 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Greg Shah wrote:
> I'm not opposed to doing this in the next set of changes (which have to be completed quickly anyw... Galya B

09:54 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

I'm not opposed to doing this in the next set of changes (which have to be completed quickly anyway due to customer d... Greg Shah

09:33 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Can we compile a list of authentication methods in OpenEdge 4GL that can be applicable?
I know only of @setuserid@... Galya B

09:23 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

For this use case where the original code was using 4GL features for database authentication, I think we should imple... Greg Shah

04:02 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Ovidiu, a little bit of context:
@SsoAuthenticator@ is an interface for implementation by the customer with custom... Galya B

09:45 PM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

I do not have a solution currently. Just some notes, until I read the whole thread and get a better understanding of ... Ovidiu Maxiniuc

08:36 AM Bug #7879: Cursor isn't positioned right when FILL-IN split on multiple lines

See the following test case. Run it and fill the fill-in so that the cursor wraps to the next line. Observe the unexp... Hynek Cihlar

08:34 AM Bug #7879 (WIP): Cursor isn't positioned right when FILL-IN split on multiple lines

Hynek Cihlar

10/05/2023

12:40 PM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Ovidiu: Can you please review starting at #3931-430 and advise? With this task we are moving Hotel GUI away from 4GL... Greg Shah

12:35 PM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

P.S. @HotelGuiSsoAuthenticator.java@ seems to have to be placed in @embedded/src/com/goldencode/hotel@, but it will g... Galya B

12:29 PM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

I still don't know the answer of the last question, but what I can do on hotel_gui is done. The @SsoAuthenticator@ im... Galya B

06:22 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

I see @ConnectionManager@ tries to be smart and find the column names for user / pass based on @com.goldencode.p2j.pe... Galya B

06:19 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

The user password has to be encoded, the result is found. Galya B

06:04 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

I created a simple jdbc connection in the authenticator, but @SELECT COUNT(*) FROM meta_user@ returns 0. When is @met... Galya B

05:16 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Where is the @meta_user@ table, where is the h2 db - the file @hotel_gui/deploy/db/hotel.h2.db@ seems empty. Is there... Galya B

03:12 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

For the hotel_gui authenticator there should be a connection to the DB and then @SecurityOps.setUserId(username, pass... Galya B

02:14 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

I'll do the review first and will keep the rebase when we are close to merge (as I assume it can be kind of difficult... Constantin Asofiei

02:03 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Do I rebase and we do the final review?
Login / logout pages are not translated. That can go under #4762 or #7814.... Galya B

10/04/2023

01:27 PM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

I pushed small, but important fix for embedded handlers in r14786. To serve the hotel_gui login page as before, on to... Galya B

07:44 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

We're not removing @RemoteLaunchOptionRightsEditor@ and related code now, although it won't have any effect. I heard ... Galya B

06:28 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Done in r14784. Galya B

05:38 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Galya, go ahead and remove the @RemoteObject.registerStaticNetworkServer@ code for @WebClientLauncher@ in @StandardSe... Constantin Asofiei

10/03/2023

10:32 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

I'm against having the remote interface, because it will break any of the enhancements to the wrapper container I'm g... Galya B

09:56 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

> > Why not remove remote launching?
> This will make it mandatory to run any embedded web app from within the FWD S... Greg Shah

04:05 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

I've added the section [[p2j:Single_Sign_On#Enforcing-Licensing-Policies|Enforcing Licensing Policies]]. I think it c... Galya B

03:21 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Auto-login session expiration is driven by the 3rd party authentication server / directory. Adding Sign Out button on... Galya B

03:20 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Galya B wrote:
> > What do you mean by that? Notify the authenticator of the server bei... Galya B

03:13 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Galya B wrote:
> What do you mean by that? Notify the authenticator of the server being started to allow it cleanup ... Constantin Asofiei

01:27 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Galya: I think we need to change the javadoc for @EmbeddedWebHandler.spawn@ and @WebClie... Galya B

10/02/2023

12:58 PM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Greg Shah wrote:
> > Why not remove remote launching?
> This will make it mandatory to... Constantin Asofiei

12:45 PM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Greg Shah wrote:
> Why not remove remote launching?
This will make it mandatory to run any embedded web app from wi... Constantin Asofiei

12:43 PM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

> *Greg*: we have also the OS user configured for launching batch programs or appservers. This is done via @clientCo... Greg Shah

11:57 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Galya B wrote:
> Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> > * @SecurityManager.removeContext@ needs implementation.
>
> I tri... Constantin Asofiei

11:34 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> * @SecurityManager.removeContext@ needs implementation.
I tried everything and nothin... Galya B

10:21 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Also, on the logout page there could be a second button called "Sign out", only when auto-login is enabled in the @Ss... Galya B

10:15 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

I would like to know the opinion of the customers who would implement auto-login, because it's very specific.
But ... Galya B

09:53 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Galya, I agree about the @trustedspawner@ - you are correct, the FWD user can have its own OS user and we can conside... Constantin Asofiei

09:09 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> *Remote Launching*
>
> The discussion is mainly that for normal SSO spawning, we requ... Galya B

08:52 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

More on the topic of sessions:
* FWD sessions: number of live sessions and their type (forked, same browser, etc), w... Galya B

08:46 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Ah, I think what's confusing at the moment with the dummy @SsoAuthenticator@ and hotel gui is that the authenticator ... Galya B

08:42 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Constantin Asofiei wrote:
> Review for 3931a rev 14781.
Up in r14782: Admin console fixes and improvements; ENTER... Galya B

02:24 AM Feature #3931: single sign-on for virtual desktop mode

Review for 3931a rev 14781.
*Admin Console - OS User*
* editing an OS user:
** does not load the Description
**... Constantin Asofiei

09/29/2023

09:46 AM Bug #7856: Improve parsing of specifications from ini files

Work in #7784 improved the parsing of font specifications such that spaces are also treated as separators (along with... Alexandru Lungu

09:41 AM Bug #7856 (New): Improve parsing of specifications from ini files

Alexandru Lungu

09/26/2023

07:32 PM Bug #7824 (Review): Simplify idle connection settings and apply the default configuration for the...

Committed rev 14754 (7824a). This version should simplify debugging. Sergey Ivanovskiy

09/25/2023

08:49 AM Bug #7824: Simplify idle connection settings and apply the default configuration for the web clie...

I changed the subject because these configuration parameters are needed to be different as they are used differently. Sergey Ivanovskiy

09/22/2023

10:06 AM Bug #7824: Simplify idle connection settings and apply the default configuration for the web clie...

There are the web server idle timeout and the embedded web server idle timeout. The first one is set for @WebServer@ ... Sergey Ivanovskiy

08:22 AM Bug #7824: Simplify idle connection settings and apply the default configuration for the web clie...

Now I think that all these parameters should be present. It seems that it would be enough to fix the correct default ... Sergey Ivanovskiy

08:17 AM Bug #7824: Simplify idle connection settings and apply the default configuration for the web clie...

@maxHttpIdleTimeout@ is set to 0 (infinite timeout) if this setting is not defined in the directory under @webClient@... Sergey Ivanovskiy

08:02 AM Bug #7824: Simplify idle connection settings and apply the default configuration for the web clie...

Sergey Ivanovskiy wrote:
> Also @"maxIdleTimeout"@ is erroneously (or intentionally) used by @WebServer@ to set its ... Sergey Ivanovskiy

07:28 AM Bug #7824: Simplify idle connection settings and apply the default configuration for the web clie...

Also @"maxIdleTimeout"@ is erroneously (or intentionally) used by @WebServer@ to set its http/https session idle time... Sergey Ivanovskiy

06:47 AM Bug #7824 (WIP): Simplify idle connection settings and apply the default configuration for the we...

I created task branch 7824a. Sergey Ivanovskiy

02:39 AM Bug #7824: Simplify idle connection settings and apply the default configuration for the web clie...

These two timeout parameters of @webClient@... Sergey Ivanovskiy

02:27 AM Bug #7824 (Closed): Simplify idle connection settings and apply the default configuration for the...

Sergey Ivanovskiy

09/21/2023

11:29 AM Feature #4854: origin affinity

The following is just a storage of an intermediate state of some diagrams and code. It isn't for evaluation or revie... Greg Shah