[horde] Two Really Dumb Questions About Horde 5.2.1 Portal Blocks

[Andy Dorman]

On 01/15/2015 02:56 AM, Jan Schneider wrote:
>
> Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:
>
>> Quoting Andy Dorman <adorman at ironicdesign.com>:
>>
>>> 1. How do you configure Horde to switch immediately to Imp after
>>> login?  I have set Horde's prefs.local.php with
>>>
>>> $_prefs['initial_application']['value'] = 'imp';
>>>
>>> But all that seems to do is pre-select Imp in the user's Horde
>>> Display Preferences->Display Options->What application should
>>> FanMailPlus display after login?
>>
>> No... that is the correct preference.
>>
>> Only thing I can think of is that you have an authentication backend
>> other than "application" (imp) configured.
>
> But why would this preference depend on the authentication method? That
> doesn't make much sense.
>

Now that we know that was the issue, I think I remember this being 
explained a couple of years ago this way:

It apparently has to do with the sequence of authentication and the fact 
that you have to have authenticated with the app before you can open it. 
  So if you want to open Imp BEFORE Horde, you need to let it complete 
it's auth process first.

That is a really poor explanation based on my poor memory of what was 
actually said, and of course that explanation breaks down if someone 
wants to open their calendar (Kronolith) first instead of the horde 
portal.  ;-)

Regardless, I will be happy to edit the wiki to mention this "linkage" 
between starting with a different app and authenticating with Imp as 
soon as I do some more experimenting to get more information (for 
example, does this linkage hold for the other aps?  Do I have to auth 
through Imp to start with Trean?).

The Horde conf.xml file, where you set up the config form for this 
particular value, should probably also be edited to add a note about 
this.  I will also post a bug report with suggested wording for a note 
after I learn more about it.

-- 
Andy Dorman