Trying to invite a new account to a chat session...

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:49:32 -0800

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Hi All,

Day before yesterday I started a chat on one of my hubzilla servers, and added a connection from a friend on another server. I sent him a link to the chat, and when he hit my server it gave him authentication denied messages. He was logged into his account on another hub in another tab, usually this authentication just works.

I had added him as a connection, and he was authorized for the chat, coming in from a different server on a newly created account. Is there some time frame or syncing issue that would keep him from authenticating right away? I was not sure what to tell him and eventually he just gave up. Not sure if there is something I was missing here in how to get him authenticated for the chat session, does he need to be clicking the link from inside his hubzilla tab where he is logged in, or is being logged in somewhere in another tab enough? I sent him the link out of band, and I am still not 100% sure about how the cross site authentication is working, should I have sent him the link through hubzilla to the other account? Does that matter?

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Michael McKinsey

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:24:04 -0800

That is it - I sent him the link through a text message and he clicked on it, so it was not getting whatever tags it needed. I was always confused about how that was working in the first place, now it makes much more sense. So if I had sent it to his hubzilla account he could have clicked on it, or just click login and remote auth and it would have worked. Thanks!

Michael McKinsey

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 12:38:23 -0800

Actually I just went back over the steps and I had sent it to him in a hubzilla private mail message so he was clicking on it from inside hubzilla, so I see you said that is one place it does not work. I guess clicking login and remote authentication might have worked but he was logged in and clicking on the link from inside a private mail message in hubzilla, which you said does not add the tags. So how should I have sent him that link? Post it to my timeline with just him as someone that can see it?

Mike Macgirvin

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:37:12 -0800

I thought I fixed this last week but it turns out there were still bits missing. So getting the correct links in private mail probably won't hit master until 2.2 (it's in 2.1 dev now). I suggest a private post in the meantime rather than private mail.