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10/28/2008 5:11 AM
 
Darren Munson

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<p>I have installed DNN and it is running fine on my domain. I then wanted to have a second installation running on a separate port to act as a test environment.</p> <p>e.g. <a href="http://www.mydomain.com">www.mydomain.com</a> and <a href="http://www.mydomain.com:8000">www.mydomain.com:8000</a></p> <p>To do this I copied the original install directory, and created a second database from restoring the original too.</p> <p>Both installs run, but I have a security issue. If I log into either site, the login allows me access to both sites. This even happens if i change the password on the user account. I want to have a test environment which I can provide access to users to review content etc, and allow testing of installs and skins. But it must behave as a self-contained site.</p> <p>Can anyone suggest how to solve this problem?</p>
 
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10/28/2008 5:51 AM
 
Erik van Ballegoij


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why not create a new subdomain?

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10/28/2008 9:55 AM
 
Darren Munson

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How would IIS need to be configured?

It just seems strange, that 2 installs should interact in this way.
 
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10/28/2008 3:16 PM
 
Peter Donker


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I believe the issue is that the cookie gets sent to both domain names as they are the same. Your browser assumes you're accessing the same site (even though through a different port) and it will send the cookie that was set for authentication to both sites. Since they are identical copies, the cookie matches the internal system's authentication mechanism and you're in. This is not a bug but a feature you're experiencing ;-)

What Erik suggested is indeed the most logical. I do this all the time as well. It is common to have a 'www.mydomain.com' and a 'staging.mydomain.com'. Your browser sees these as different sites and will not send cookies from one to the other. Set it up in IIS as different sites with different 'host headers'. Check IIS documentation for that.

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