new install not remembering password/login

[aaamoeder]

I replaced the hdd on one of my installs and kept the exact same config file, yet the new install is unable to remember password/login, neither settings changed on the homepage are kept.

config looks like this:

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primary_keyboard_layout=be
connection=wifi
netmask=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ip_address=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
default_gateway=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
dns_server=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
network_interface=wlan0
hidden_ssid_name=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wifi_encryption=wpa
wpa_password=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
browser=chrome
client_id=automatic
disable_firewall=yes
homepage=http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
hide_mouse=yes
kiosk_config=http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/kiosksettings.txt
browser_preferences=http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/chromeflags.txt
persistence=full
disable_private_mode=yes
password_manager=yes
root_password=xxxx
kiosk_server=192.168.xxx.xxx:443
vnc_interactive=yes
vnc_password=xxxx
wake_on_lan=yes
zRAM=50%
additional_components=09-x11vnc.xzm uefi.zip 08-ssh.xzm 
shutdown_menu=shutdown reboot sleep restart-session lock
browser_zoom_level=0.85
timezone=Europe/Brussels
allow_popup_windows=no
disable_navigation_bar=yes
debug=no
run_command=sed -i 's/,OverscrollHistoryNavigation//' $chflags

running the latest version of Porteus kiosk (5.3.0)

website I'm using it for is our home assistant dashboard.


Am I missing something ?

[aaamoeder]

tried using firefox with the exact same settings and ff is saving the login/pw fine (but is unusable because it is very unresponsive)

[fanthom]

"I replaced the hdd on one of my installs and kept the exact same config file, yet the new install is unable to remember password/login, neither settings changed on the homepage are kept."
Your remote management feature does not work (probably a typo in the config URL).
Please reinstall and do things right this time.

Thanks

[aaamoeder]

the url to the settings file is correct since changes I make to the settings file are being adapted by the kiosk and the config test during install was successful.

I've done 2 clean installs now hoping the issue would be resolved but the issue remains.
I've also looked for an older release to see if the issue is present there but I'm unable to find any older releases apart from the 3.7 release.

what I did not specifically mention is that my previous install was a somewhat older version.. 4.7 or 4.8 I believe. unable to check the exact version because hdd it was on is broken (hence the hdd replacement)

[fanthom]

Please remove parameters one by one from your remote config until you find the one which breaks persistence/password manager.

I believe it could be this one:

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browser_preferences=http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/chromeflags.txt

Thanks

[aaamoeder]

I've reduced the config to the minimum but still no luck

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connection=wifi
netmask=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
ip_address=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
default_gateway=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
dns_server=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
network_interface=wlan0
hidden_ssid_name=xxxxx
wifi_encryption=wpa
wpa_password=xxxxx
browser=chrome
homepage=http://xxxxx
kiosk_config=http://xxxxx/kiosksettings.txt
persistence=full
password_manager=yes
disable_private_mode=yes
root_password=xxxxx
kiosk_server=xxxxx
vnc_interactive=yes
vnc_password=xxxxx
additional_components=09-x11vnc.xzm uefi.zip 08-ssh.xzm 
shutdown_menu=shutdown reboot sleep restart-session lock
browser_zoom_level=0.85

[fanthom]

Please connect to your kiosk over SSH and run following command:
touch /home/guest/presistence-test

reboot the kiosk and check if this file is still there:
ls -al /home/guest

If yes then persistence works ok.

[aaamoeder]

persistence seems to be working.
Perhaps the password manager isn't working ? (when trying firefox it was working ok, so perhaps it is an issue with chrome ?)

[fanthom]

I have tested Chrome on this forum and password is remembered.

It must be your kiosk configuration fault. Please provide output of following command:

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cat $json | grep -i manager

Thanks

[aaamoeder]

sorry for the late reply, and thanks for your help troubleshooting this..

result for the given command is: "PasswordManagerEnabled": true,

So it seems enabled ...

[fanthom]

Maybe its your webpage fault.
Please check if your login is remembered to the Porteus forum.

Thanks

[aaamoeder]

Tried with the forum and the password is kept correctly..
Which is weird since all browsers and devices I've tried the kiosk webpage on (home assistant instance) have saved the password correctly except for porteus..
With the previous install I used the exact same webpage and the password was remembered without issue.
I have no idea where to go from here to be honest.

I'm now looking for some assistance from the Homeassistant people to see if it could be on homeassistant's end that coincidentally started at the exact same time I reinstalled porteus.

Thanks for troubleshooting with me !

[Rapha_]

I replaced the hdd on one of my installs and kept the exact same config file, yet the new install is unable to remember password/login, neither settings changed on the homepage are kept.

Hello,

I don't use "Porteus Kiosk Edition" and I don't know if it will help you...

Do you use a hard disk drive that doesn't keep permissions (e.g. formated as NTFS) ?


This solution I used on Porteus 5.0rc3 is probably not suitable for "Porteus Kiosk Edition " :
Sujet : Wi-fi : save settings and passwords

[aaamoeder]

thanks for chiming in !

the problem exists only for that single webpage and settings are kept (wifi and such)
Seems to be some kind of cookie-ish related issue

[Rapha_]

On Firefox , on the left of the url , click on the padlocker , you have an option to delete cookies and site data (but I don't know in which file these data are saved )