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

[Michael J Rubinsky]

Quoting Andy Dorman <adorman at ironicdesign.com>:

> 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.

Well, no. If this is indeed the case, we should fix the underlying issue.


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