[Systems] socialhelp.sugarlabs.org certificate invalid, mail lost

James Cameron quozl at laptop.org
Wed Mar 15 21:49:47 EDT 2017


On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 09:59:43PM -0300, Samuel Cantero wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 4:26 PM, James Cameron <[1]quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> 
>     Discovered during IRC conversation just now;
> 
>     [2]use-socialhelp.sugarlabs.org is the URL used by Sugar, and the
>     "Unacceptable TLS certificate" continues to occur.
> 
> Hi James,
> 
> I've fixed it. Site was w/o valid SSL cert.

Thanks, I've tested the fix.  Works fine now.

> 
> Best regards, 
> 
>     Changing it to [3]socialhelp.sugarlabs.org in My Settings works around
>     the problem, which shows the certificate problem is now unique to
>     use-socialhelp ... but gives an "Oops! That page doesn't exist or is
>     private", presumably because the URL rewriting is skipped.
> 
>     Please CC me on any reply; nothing seen in response to my post below.
> 
>     On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 08:18:21AM +1100, James Cameron wrote:
>     > G'day,
>     >
>     > [4]socialhelp.sugarlabs.org is part of Sugar, activated from the Frame
>     > and using the alt-shift-h shortcut.
>     >
>     > At the moment, Sugar displays "Unacceptable TLS certificate", and
>     > Firefox displays "SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN The certificate is only
>     > valid for [5]freedom.sugarlabs.org"
>     >
>     > Also, the "Reset Passowrd" feature shows "Internal Server Error" and
>     > the password reset mail is not received.
>     >
>     > Mails from forum postings are received.  See attached.
>     >
>     > --
>     > James Cameron
>     > [6]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> 
>     > Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 20:47:46 +0000
>     > From: James Cameron <[7]socialhelp at sugarlabs.org>
>     > To: [8]quozl at laptop.org
>     > Subject: [Social Help] It's not easy to learn if SUGAR is or is not a
>     >  stand-alone operative system
>     >
>     > [16_] [1]quozl
>     >       March 2
>     > Thanks for your reply.
>     >
>     >     Does ... imply that Trisquel Sugar TOAST's 500 Live CD iso image can
>     not
>     >     boot up a desktop computer that has no software in its appropriate
>     storage
>     >     media ?
>     >
>     > No.
>     >
>     > I must have failed to understand your original question; whether Sugar
>     stands
>     > alone or whether it depends on an operating system. I took your question
>     to be
>     > architectural; like whether a baker owned their own wheat crop or not.
>     Sugar is
>     > like a baker who buys wheat from any farm as long as it tastes good, then
>     bakes
>     > bread with it. In your case, the other operating system is built into the
>     Live
>     > CD ISO image, and is called Trisquel. Could you rephrase your original
>     question
>     > please?
>     >
>     > I've just tested the Reset Passowrd (sic) form. When I entered my correct
>     > address, I got Internal Server Error. When I entered an address for me
>     that I
>     > had never given to the forum, it said Information sent (if email exsists
>     in the
>     > system). Either way, just like you, I didn't get a mail.
>     >
>     > Thanks for letting me know about the problems with this socialhelp forum;
>     I'm
>     > not responsible for it, and had depended on it without realising the
>     extent of
>     > the problems; I'll disable access to it in my own operating system images
>     at
>     > One Laptop per Child.
>     >
>     > The problems you identified were;
>     >
>     >   • the Reset Passowrd mails are not being sent, (or your e-mail hosting
>     >     service treats sugarlabs mail as spam and discards it),
>     >
>     >   • the site is not secure; the cryptographic certificate used by the
>     forum is
>     >     unacceptable, because it is for a different domain name
>     >     ([9]freedom.sugarlabs.org), and this breaks the built-in Social Help
>     feature
>     >     in Sugar by showing an error "Unacceptable TLS certificate".
>     >
>     > I don't know who the system administrator is; but the systems@ mailing
>     list at
>     > [2][10]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/ is where people are usually referred
>     for these
>     > kinds of problem.
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>     > [3]Visit Topic to respond.
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>     >
>     > In Reply To
>     >
>     > [45] [4]RejectedBubo
>     >      March 2
>     > Please excuse my doubts and my insistence. But... Does imply that
>     Trisquel
>     > Sugar TOAST's 500 Live CD iso image can not boot up a desktop computer
>     that has
>     > no software in its appropriate storage media ? Thank you in advance Bubo
>     When I
>     > tried to login, Sugarlabs.org said my username and pass…
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>     > [5]Visit Topic to respond.
>     >
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>     >
>     > To unsubscribe from these emails, [6]click here.
>     >
>     > References:
>     >
>     > [1] [11]http://socialhelp.sugarlabs.org/users/quozl
>     > [2] [12]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/
>     > [3] [13]http://socialhelp.sugarlabs.org/t/its-not-easy-to-learn-
>     if-sugar-is-or-is-not-a-stand-alone-operative-system/195/7
>     > [4] [14]http://socialhelp.sugarlabs.org/users/rejectedbubo
>     > [5] [15]http://socialhelp.sugarlabs.org/t/its-not-easy-to-learn-
>     if-sugar-is-or-is-not-a-stand-alone-operative-system/195/7
>     > [6] [16]http://socialhelp.sugarlabs.org/email/unsubscribe/
>     436917c1c0fbb28133e73d73e065a1ec45f49427602c47f9f8c99a4f66375979
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> 
>     --
>     James Cameron
>     [17]http://quozl.netrek.org/
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> 
> References:
> 
> [1] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> [2] http://use-socialhelp.sugarlabs.org/
> [3] http://socialhelp.sugarlabs.org/
> [4] http://socialhelp.sugarlabs.org/
> [5] http://freedom.sugarlabs.org/
> [6] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> [7] mailto:socialhelp at sugarlabs.org
> [8] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> [9] http://freedom.sugarlabs.org/
> [10] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/
> [11] http://socialhelp.sugarlabs.org/users/quozl
> [12] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/
> [13] http://socialhelp.sugarlabs.org/t/its-not-easy-to-learn-if-sugar-is-or-is-not-a-stand-alone-operative-system/195/7
> [14] http://socialhelp.sugarlabs.org/users/rejectedbubo
> [15] http://socialhelp.sugarlabs.org/t/its-not-easy-to-learn-if-sugar-is-or-is-not-a-stand-alone-operative-system/195/7
> [16] http://socialhelp.sugarlabs.org/email/unsubscribe/436917c1c0fbb28133e73d73e065a1ec45f49427602c47f9f8c99a4f66375979
> [17] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> [18] mailto:Systems at lists.sugarlabs.org
> [19] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/systems

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James Cameron
http://quozl.netrek.org/


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