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Browse button lockups up Firefox when behind Reverse Proxy #2384

Closed begleysm closed 5 years ago

begleysm commented 5 years ago

I have my webtrees (v1.7.13) server behind a Reverse Proxy. As per #2383 I have modified https://github.com/fisharebest/webtrees/blob/1.7.13/includes/session.php#L173 to look like define('WT_BASE_URL', 'https://steamforge.net/webtrees/');

When I am VPN'd into my local network (and I assume when I'm physically located on my local network) where the webtrees server is I can successfully import a GEDCOM file by going to Control Panel -> Family trees -> Manage family trees -> GEDCOM file -> Import and clicking on the "Browse..." button (when "A file on your computer" is selected. I'm using Firefox 66.0.2 on Linux Mint 18.3. browse

However when I perform the same action externally (not being on the local network / VPN) Firefox locks up after hitting the "Browse..." button.

Since Importing GEDCOM files isn't something I have to do frequently this isn't a huge impediment but I wonder if the root cause has other impacts that are more impactful.

fisharebest commented 5 years ago

It is difficult to imagine how anything on the server could cause the browser to hang like this?

It smells like the browser it trying (and failing) to access a network drive.

Can you try other browsers and other computers?

begleysm commented 5 years ago

I'm on vacation right now but I'll experiment a bit and see if I can narrow it down.

begleysm commented 5 years ago

You're absolutely right. Red Herring. Nothing to do with webtrees. I had a problem with a local network drive that was mapped while on the VPN not being accessible while off the VPN. Thank you for the lead.