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Hello,

I’m trying to implement login in across multiple sites using the method decribed in the wiki.

All is working well but when I press login, my browser goes through multiple refresh showing all the domains. I assume this is done to create cookies for each domains.

Is this the only way to achieve this? I will have seven sites at the end of my project and I don’t want each logins to go through all the site each time. It’s ok in firefox or safari but ie makes a little clicking noise each time the browser refreshes and it might get a bit scary for users…?

What version of both EE and the MSM are you on? This is the first time I hear of such an issue.

I’m on latest build/version of everything… it is very weird…

Can I pm you more info so you could have a look?

Let us try a few other things first… Are you using url rewriting (mod_rewrite) in any way? Any extensions?

no htaccess just the solspace tag module/ext

The routine is as follow.

I go to http://www.site_a.com, login
my browser goes to http://www.site_b.com/index.php?ACT=9&multi=a4fca31c72bd3c6fc2de1d9d3903e80f&cur=1&orig=0&orig_site_id=1 then comes back to http://www.site_a.com

I am confused   😠

I have tried with the extension disabled….

_Oli, what version of IE are you trying this with?

What exactly does your config.php line look like?

Hi Sue,

I am on latest version and built.

Here’s my config file

$conf['app_version'] = "167";
$conf['license_number'] = "";
$conf['debug'] = "1";
$conf['install_lock'] = "1";
$conf['db_hostname'] = "localhost";
$conf['db_username'] = "user";
$conf['db_password'] = "password";
$conf['db_name'] = "dbname";
$conf['db_type'] = "mysql";
$conf['db_prefix'] = "exp";
$conf['db_conntype'] = "0";
$conf['system_folder'] = "../../system/";
$conf['cp_url'] = "http://www.site_a.com/system/index.php";
$conf['doc_url'] = "http://expressionengine.com/docs/";
$conf['is_system_on'] = "y";
$conf['allow_extensions'] = "y";
$conf['multiple_sites_enabled'] = "y";
$conf['multi_login_sites'] = "http://www.site_a.com/site/index.php|http://www.site_b.com/index.php";
$conf['forum_is_installed'] = "y";
$conf['cookie_prefix'] = "oli_";

And the path files are as follow.

site_a

$system_path = "../system/";
$site_name = "site_a";
$template_group = "site";
$template = "index";
$site_url = "http://www.site_a.com/site/";
$site_index = "index.php";
$site_404 = "";
$global_vars = array();

site_b

$system_path = "/var/www/vhosts/site_a.com/httpdocs/system/";
$site_name = "site_b";
$template_group = "surface";
$template = "index";
$site_url = "http://site_b.com/";
$site_index = "index.php";
$site_404 = "";

I have not done any work over the weekend but this morning, I still have the same issue..

Hope you can help

Thank you

Anyone? I have scratched my head so much on this, I have a bald patch now 😊

interesting.  What version of Internet Explorer are you running?

-greg

I’m on mac, Firefox and safari do the same… :(

Hi,

I had just had a look at the mod.member_auth file and line 269 to 274 suggest that this is normal behavior (see below)... Could somebody please please please help me with this?

Has anyone ever implemented this login across multiple sites?

// Next Site
                
                $next_url = $sites[$next].'?ACT='.$FNS->fetch_action_id('Member', 'member_login').
                            '&multi;='.$IN->GBL('multi', 'GET').'&cur;='.$next.'&orig;='.$IN->GBL('orig').'&orig;_site_id='.$IN->GBL('orig_site_id', 'GET');
                            
                return $FNS->redirect($next_url);

Thank you

The cookie settings are for a domain, not a URL. Since you are using the MSM you should add index.php, but nothing more. Try this

$conf['multi_login_sites'] = "http://www.site_a.com/index.php|http://www.site_b.com/index.php";

(Note the removal of “site” in the first domain.)

Thank you very much for your reply.

That sorted out the multiple redirect problem however, when I log on one site and travel to the other one, I don’t remain logged in.

What do you think I could try next?

Is there a reason you are using a cookie prefix? Also, what method of authentication for both the backend and the frontend are you using?