[SOLVED] Error: Passwords do not match, please retype.

dmace · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:41 am

Apparently some boxes are recognized as password-boxes by browsers.
FF3 and some other browsers have difficulty making the difference.
This might be FF3 or cacti-related.

After I removed the password for my cacti-site from the password-cache in FF3 everything worked ok.

So no IE-tab or other browsers are needed. Just type your password instead of saving it on FF3.

super-hornet · **Joined:** Sun May 27, 2007 5:42 pm **Posts:** 165

Hi All

Today I suddenly realized that I cannot add in new device or save the existing device.
I get the same error message of:
Error: Passwords do not match, please retype.

I'm using Firefox 3.0 (released version) in openSUSE 11.0 Linux.

I then try using Konqueror of KDE 3.5 (openSUSE 11.0) and it works!

SH

gandalf · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:59 pm

It is a known error with FF3. No solution yet
Reinhard

yreddy · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:18 am

Here is a workaround that works for me on Firefox 3.0.1 on Windows XP:

1) Go to the host.php page of the device your want to modify
2) Select SNMP Version 3 in the corresponding listbox
3) Delete the password in the "SNMP Password (v3)" field
4) Re-select SNMP Version 1 or 2 in the corresponding listbox
5) Save

cheers
youri

mongobongo · **Joined:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:14 pm **Posts:** 1

I was able to get around this by un-checking Remember Passwords for Sites in FF.

I am running Ubuntu 8.04 - Desktop and FF 3.0.1

Hope this gets fixed soon by Mozilla as I view this as a temporary solution only.

praveen_b744 · **Joined:** Tue May 27, 2008 2:45 am **Posts:** 14

I solved this problem by removing the saved password (admin password of cacti) in the firefox.

Thanks to all

vengent · **Joined:** Fri Nov 19, 2004 3:12 pm **Posts:** 7

what about flagging the form fields autocomplete=off?

Not sure if that works for saved passwords or not, but helps with the random cruft.

Boost · **Joined:** Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:24 pm **Posts:** 2

vengent wrote:

what about flagging the form fields autocomplete=off?

Not sure if that works for saved passwords or not, but helps with the random cruft.

I tried that and it seems to work! What I did was to add an autocomplete parameter to form_text_box in lib/html_form.php and turned autocomplete off on password-fields and fields called something with "username" in it. It's a hack, I know, but it looks like it works.

asellus · **Joined:** Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:09 am **Posts:** 50

This isn't just FF3, it's FF2 as well. Client issue, clearing cookies for the site solves it.

RichardBronosky · **Joined:** Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:54 am **Posts:** 2

Since Firefox's autocomplete mechanism fires after the window.onload, you cannot do value='' in the JS, instead you should do a setAttribute. Here is a patch that applies the correction.

Code:

diff -u cacti-0.8.7b/host.php cacti-patched/host.php
--- cacti-0.8.7b/host.php   2008-02-11 19:57:48.000000000 -0500
+++ cacti-patched/host.php   2008-09-29 10:24:11.000000000 -0400
@@ -878,6 +878,8 @@
    function setSNMP(snmp_type) {
       switch(snmp_type) {
       case "None":
+         document.getElementById('snmp_username').setAttribute('autocomplete', 'off');
+         document.getElementById('snmp_password').setAttribute('autocomplete', 'off');
          document.getElementById('row_snmp_username').style.display        = "none";
          document.getElementById('row_snmp_password').style.display        = "none";
          document.getElementById('row_snmp_community').style.display       = "none";
@@ -891,6 +893,8 @@
 
          break;
       case "v1v2":
+         document.getElementById('snmp_username').setAttribute('autocomplete', 'off');
+         document.getElementById('snmp_password').setAttribute('autocomplete', 'off');
          document.getElementById('row_snmp_username').style.display        = "none";
          document.getElementById('row_snmp_password').style.display        = "none";
          document.getElementById('row_snmp_community').style.display       = "";

Even though I posted the patch code above, due to tab->space conversion in this forum, I suggest using the attached file instead.

The easiest way to apply this patch is to cd to your cacti directory and:
1. THIS IS IMPORTANT. Verify the validity of the URI like this:

Code:

curl -L http://forums.cacti.net/download.php?id=14681

2. If it looks like a safe patch, then apply it directly from that URI via curl:

Code:

curl -L http://forums.cacti.net/download.php?id=14681|patch -p1 -N

ragnard · **Joined:** Fri Jan 04, 2008 1:10 pm **Posts:** 6

Just wanted to say thanks.. This patch fixed the problem for me! Here's hoping they include it in the next release.

gandalf · **Posted:** Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:05 am

We did it the other way round. But yes, it is fixed with 087c
Reinhard

Michael Schmarck · **Posted:** Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:13 am

Hi.

How has this issue been solved? Is a patch available? in the discussion thread for Cacti 0.8.7c Beta 1 it just lists "-bug: Host save failed in FireFox 3 for non-SNMP V3 hosts, complaining about "password mismatch" without giving a bug number.

Thanks,
Michael

gandalf · **Posted:** Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:59 pm

It is solved by not testing user/pw in cases where it is not required (e.g. non SNMP V3 hosts)
Reinhard

Bolik · **Joined:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:32 am **Posts:** 1

I'm trying to do it, but nothing comes out.

RichardBronosky wrote:

2. If it looks like a safe patch, then apply it directly from that URI via curl:

Code:

curl -L http://forums.cacti.net/download.php?id=14681|patch -p1 -N

Code:

bolik@smalgene:/home/usr/share/cacti/site$ sudo curl -L http://forums.cacti.net/download.php?id=14681|patch -p1 -N
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  1122  100  1122    0     0   1312      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  1312
patching file host.php
patch: **** Can't remove file host.php : Permission denied

I understand the system must be stopped before that? I do kill, but the process is immediately revived.
Please help. It is necessary for a diploma project.
Thanks in advance!

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