1 Topic by mippo

  • Registered: 2004-02-02
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Topic: Bad referenz

Bad referer. You were referred to this page from an unauthorized source. Please go back and try again. If the problem persists please make sure that \'Base URL\' is correctly set in Admin/Options and that you are visiting the forum by navigating to that URL.

The base URL is correctly set in Admin / Options but if some user want do change their profile, this message is displayed.

Waat does this error mean exactly? How can I fix this problem?

Kind regards
David

2 Reply by Louis (edited by Louis 2004-02-03 20:25)

  • Louis
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  • From: Toronto, Canada
  • Registered: 2003-12-24
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Re: Bad referenz

Rickard wrote:

If you get an error stating that you were referred to a page from an unauthorized source the problem is most certainly one of the following:

1. 'Base URL' in Admin/Options is not correctly set.
2. You are not visiting the forum by navigating to the URL entered in 'Base URL'. You must visit the forum by entering the 'Base URL' in the address bar of your browser. If 'Base URL' is http://a.b.c, you must enter that in the address bar (not http://localhost or http://192.168.0.15).
3. You are browsing the forum through a proxy or firewall of some sort that is stripping HTTP_REFERER from all requests. Norton Personal Firewall is the only one I know of so far that strips HTTP_REFERER by default. Popup/ad stoppers are also known to do this in some cases (most of them don't though).

The error should only occur for moderators and administrators. The reason for the error is that PunBB, upon receiving form data, checks from where the data was submitted and if that page doesn't match 'Base URL' + the name of the correct script, it won't allow it. The check is there for a very good reason, trust me :-)

See http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=2295

This is the wrong forum for support posts. Next time try Troubleshooting, where you'd see "INFO: Bad referer" at the top of the page, the thread I quoted from and linked to above.

But thanks for using PunBB ;)

Louis.

  • From: Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Registered: 2002-07-03
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Re: Bad referenz

Louis wrote:

This is the wrong forum for support posts. Next time try Troubleshooting, where you'd see "INFO: Bad referer" at the top of the page, the thread I quoted from and linked to above.

True! [Topic moved]

4 Reply by mjg

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  • From: Porepunkah, Australia
  • Registered: 2004-02-21
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Re: Bad referenz

I had the same problem. Everything was fine after I disabled Zone Alarm firewall software.

Thanks for a great script.