0002541: Non-logged in users linking to a bug report should be shown the linked report as anonymous

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0002541	mantisbt	bugtracker	public	2002-09-20 05:55	2004-02-29 07:17

Reporter	hacker	Assigned To	vboctor
Priority	normal	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	duplicate
Platform	GNU/Linux
Product Version	0.17.5

Summary	0002541: Non-logged in users linking to a bug report should be shown the linked report as anonymous
Description	If you send someone a link, either in email, irc, or otherwise to an existing bug report in the system, and the user you've sent it to has never logged in or doesn't have a cookie currently set, they should be automatically logged in as the anonymous user, and shown that linked bug report.
Additional Information	There may be a way to do this by checking HTTP_REFERER or some such, and checking the cookie_val when they hit the link. It shouldn't be too hard to implement, but the functionality would be increased quite a bit for users who don't wish to log in as an authenticated user.
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vboctor 2004-02-12 00:39 manager ~0005027	This was implemented in 0.18.1 through improved anonymous login. See 0002811.

brody 2004-02-16 07:24 reporter ~0005045	Reminder sent to vboctor vboctor, sorry for contacting you by a reminder, but I see no other chance to ask my question about the attached changerquest 0002541: I need to know, if this feature ("Non-logged in users linking to a bug report") is hard coupled with the allowance of anonymous login (from the login page) or not. FYI: Our side is configured to not allow "anonymous login", but would need the above mentioned feature. Sorry for any inconvenience and best regards.

vboctor 2004-02-16 08:00 manager ~0005048	Reminder sent to brody This feature was already implemented for installations without anonymous login (I am referring to release 0.18.0). So if you click on a link and you are not logged in, and no anonymous login allowed, you will be forwarded to the login page. Then upon successful login you will be redirected to the original page you were trying to access. However, with anonymous login, the page was opened as anonmyous, so when the user clicked login, there was no address to forward to, and hence the user will have to open the bug again manually.