[kforge-user] Forgot-passwd functionality broken, and time issues

[John Bywater]

Hi Gunnar,

Gunnar Johansson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Users have problems with the "Forgot password" - functionality, we  
> get an error:
>
> Exception Value: (111, 'Connection refused')
> Exception Location: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/kforge-0.14- 
> py2.5.egg/kforge/utils/mailer.py in send, line 20
>
> After studying mailer.py it seems like the support for this isn't  
> fully implemented - am I correct in this?
>   

Will check this over and get back to you.....

> Also, this is not completely KForge related, but maybe you have some  
> pointers: I have trouble getting the correct time for our logs. I  
> have set the system time to CEST as we're in Sweden, but the logs  
> (kforge.log and trac timeline) are always showing -1 h.  But when I  
> do, for example:
>  >>> from time import strftime
>  >>> strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
> python gives me the correct time.  How is the time retrieved in  
> KForge and Trac?
>   

You need to set this in your kforge.conf:

[environment]
timezone = Europe/London

Defaulting to the system timezone doesn't work because Django always 
sets something. We didn't spot this until a few months ago. The shipped 
config file should be changed.

> Regards,
> Gunnar
>
> P.S.  I tried installing wordpress + your plugin and it worked like a  
> charm  :-)
>   

Great!

> I have a comment though - since it's a blog system, I would generally  
> like this service to be publicly  open, like the www service. I can  
> simply hack the plugin to achieve this though.. D.S.
>   

Yes, there are some use cases for access control that we haven't got 
onto yet.


Best wishes,

John.