Connection issue with Internet Explorer

[twv]

One of my users emailed me that he is having trouble getting to his DA control panel in Internet Explorer, though he's having no trouble with Firefox.

I tried it and discovered that if, in IE, I type "www.his.domain:2222" in the address bar I get the following message:

The webpage cannot be displayed

Most likely cause:
•Some content or files on this webpage require a program that you don't have installed.

What you can try:
Search online for a program you can use to view this web content.

Retype the address.

Go back to the previous page.

However, if I type "http://his.domain:2222" (with the "http://"), the familiar DirectAdmin login screen comes up.

This is only in Internet Explorer. The version of IE I'm testing is 8. Everything works fine in Firefox and Safari.

Has anybody else experienced this? Anybody have any suggestions?

 

[twv]

Update: the user says that he can't connect from IE whether he uses "http://" or not.

Anyone else having trouble connecting to their DA control panel with IE?

 

[nobaloney]

It's possible that IE8 has trouble determining the proper protocol if it sees an unusual port number. however that wouldn't explain why it wouldn't work with http://.

Without a real domain name there's no way for anyone else to replicate your problem. Is there some reason your user has a website he doesn't want anyone to see

For example, look here.

Jeff

 

[twv]

I don't know if he cares if I post his site; it's just that I haven't asked.

Here's a different site on the same server: sperryville.net. I get the same results with it.

 

[scsi]

Thats normal behaviour. You should just use one of the aliases provided.

domain.com/config

I also add other ones on my servers:

Alias /cp "/var/www/html/redirect.php"
Alias /cpanel "/var/www/html/redirect.php"
Alias /da "/var/www/html/redirect.php"
Alias /directadmin "/var/www/html/redirect.php"

The aliases can all be found in /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-alias.conf

When going to DA on my server I always just use domain.com/cp

 

[twv]

Thank you for the help. Your suggestion worked for me but apparently not for my user:

Unfortunately that didn't do the trick. /config gets me to the correct log-in page (which appears w/ the :2222 address), but then I end up with the same error message once I log in...

 

[twv]

Here are the relevant sections of /var/log/directadmin/2009-Oct-16.log:

When he logs in with Internet Explorer:

GET / HTTP/1.1  (null)
POST /CMD_LOGIN HTTP/1.1    username
GET / HTTP/1.1  (null)

When he logs in with Firefox:

GET / HTTP/1.1  (null)
POST /CMD_LOGIN HTTP/1.1    username
GET / HTTP/1.1  username
GET /CMD_SHOW_DOMAIN HTTP/1.1   username
GET /IMG_SKIN_NAV_HOME_OVER HTTP/1.1    username
GET /IMG_SKIN_NAV_WEBMAIL_OVER HTTP/1.1 username
GET /IMG_SKIN_LEFT_SHADOW HTTP/1.1  username
GET /IMG_SKIN_HEADER HTTP/1.1   username
GET /IMG_SKIN_NAV_HOME HTTP/1.1 username
GET /IMG_SKIN_NAV_WEBMAIL HTTP/1.1  username
GET /IMG_SKIN_NAV_PASSWORD HTTP/1.1 username
GET /IMG_SKIN_NAV_HELP HTTP/1.1 username
GET /IMG_SKIN_NAV_FILEMAN HTTP/1.1  username
GET /IMG_SKIN_NAV_LOGOUT HTTP/1.1   username
GET /IMG_SKIN_BODY_ACCOUNT HTTP/1.1 username
GET /IMG_SKIN_BODY_EMAIL HTTP/1.1   username
GET /IMG_SKIN_BODY_ADVANCED HTTP/1.1    username
GET /IMG_SKIN_CTRL_ACCOUNT HTTP/1.1 username
GET /IMG_SKIN_BAR_LEFT_GREEN HTTP/1.1   username
GET /IMG_SKIN_BAR_RIGHT_GREEN HTTP/1.1  username
GET /IMG_SKIN_BAR_RIGHT_BLUE HTTP/1.1   username
GET /IMG_SKIN_BAR_LEFT_YELLOW HTTP/1.1  username
GET /IMG_SKIN_BAR_RIGHT_YELLOW HTTP/1.1 username
GET /IMG_SKIN_CTRL_DOMAIN HTTP/1.1  username
GET /IMG_SKIN_NAV_PASSWORD_OVER HTTP/1.1    username
GET /IMG_SKIN_NAV_FILEMAN_OVER HTTP/1.1 username
GET /IMG_SKIN_NAV_HELP_OVER HTTP/1.1    username
GET /IMG_SKIN_NAV_LOGOUT_OVER HTTP/1.1  username
GET /IMG_SKIN_NAV_LOGOUT2_OVER HTTP/1.1 username
GET /IMG_SKIN_HEADER_NONAME HTTP/1.1    username
GET /IMG_INNER_BG HTTP/1.1  username
GET /IMG_SKIN_NAV_BG HTTP/1.1   username
GET /IMG_SKIN_BAR_BG_BLUE HTTP/1.1  username
GET /IMG_SKIN_BAR_BG_GREEN HTTP/1.1 username
GET /IMG_SKIN_BAR_BG_YELLOW HTTP/1.1    username
GET /IMG_FOOTER_BAR HTTP/1.1    username
GET /IMG_SKIN_RIGHT_SHADOW HTTP/1.1 username

So for some reason with IE the username is not being sent after the login.