Rails - Jun 2006 - session management not working for me in an exceptional condition

I have an RoR application(parent)  which can be used to kickstart other RoR
applications(child).
A user can log in to parent RoR and then start child RoR''s and then
visit
that RoR using one of the links provided in parent RoR; I have following
html code is parent RoR list page for visiting an child RoR

<input type=button onclick="visitApp1()"
value="Application1">  </input>

<script>
function visitApp1()
{
    window.open("http://localhost:3001/ror2/list")
}

</script>

I start parent RoR at 3000 port and then I visit it using IE (
http://localhost:3000/ror1)
on the list page of ror1 when I click Application1 button, a new browser
window opens which shows RoR2 correctly; but the my RoR1 gets disturbed,
when I try to view any other page in ror1, it throws me back to the login
window of ror1(in the controller of ror1, I have specified  a before_filter
:authorize which checks if user has logged in using session[:user_d])
My question is that why the session of parent RoR gets reset after opening a
new browser(with URL http://localhost:3001/...)??

One observation: when I invoke RoR1 by http://my-machine-name:3000/ror1 and
then open child ror''s the session of ror1 does not break.. when I
change the
code above the invoke new application using my machine name instead of
"localhost" session does not break provided I have invoked ror1 with
localhost.

What I suspect is somehow the session is getting moved from parent to child
window.

Any help is appreciated.

Jatinder
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On Jun 29, 2006, at 3:07 AM, Jatinder Singh wrote:
> I have an RoR application(parent)  which can be used to kickstart  
> other RoR applications(child).
> A user can log in to parent RoR and then start child RoR''s and
then
> visit  that RoR using one of the links provided in parent RoR; I  
> have following html code is parent RoR list page for visiting an  
> child RoR
>
> <input type=button onclick="visitApp1()"
value="Application1">  </
> input>
>
> <script>
> function visitApp1()
> {
>     window.open(" http://localhost:3001/ror2/list")
> }
>
> </script>
>
> I start parent RoR at 3000 port and then I visit it using IE  
> (http://localhost:3000/ror1)
> on the list page of ror1 when I click Application1 button, a new  
> browser window opens which shows RoR2 correctly; but the my RoR1  
> gets disturbed, when I try to view any other page in ror1, it  
> throws me back to the login window of ror1(in the controller of  
> ror1, I have specified  a before_filter :authorize which checks if  
> user has logged in using session[:user_d])
> My question is that why the session of parent RoR gets reset after  
> opening a new browser(with URL http://localhost:3001/...)??
>
> One observation: when I invoke RoR1 by http://my-machine-name:3000/ 
> ror1 and then open child ror''s the session of ror1 does not
break..
> when I change the code above the invoke new application using my  
> machine name instead of "localhost" session does not break
provided
> I have invoked ror1 with localhost.
>
> What I suspect is somehow the session is getting moved from parent  
> to child window.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Jatinder
>
	Yeah your sessions are stepping on each other. What i recommend is  
that you set up some aliases in your /etc/hosts file so that you can  
use different domains names for each of your apps.

# in /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1	ror1 ror2 ror3

THis way you can use urls like:

http://ror1:3000
http://ror2:3001
http://ror3:3002

Cheers-
-Ezra


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