Unable to verify referring url Error when deleting old topics/post

[TeeJay]

I get this error "Unable to verify referring url. Please go back and try again." when trying to delete old posts in Admin > Maintenance > Forum Maintenance > Topics

It's been a problem for ages

I'm running 2.0 RC3
Add-ons:
Ezportal
SMF Classifieds
SMF Links
SMF Trader System
Simple Audio Video Embedder

Using the ProCurve theme

I have tried using IE and Firefox after having deleted the cache

I've tried using repair_settings and changed the cookie name, cleared my cache and the forum cache, run the check for errors and still get the error

All files have been refreshed old mods removed and their relavent db tables
Nobody seems to have any log in problems, it's just the forum maintenace that generates this error

[xenovanis]

What are your current cookiesettings?

[TeeJay]

Cookie Name = VDSR

Default login cookies length (in minutes) = 60

Enable local storage of cookies = no

Use subdomain independent cookies = no

Force cookies to be secure = no

Use database driven sessions = yes

Allow browsers to go back to cached pages = yes

Seconds before an unused session timeout = 2880

I have tried every conceivable arrangement I can come up with and changing the settings seems to make no difference

I also get this error when trying to use the maintenance area to delete attatchments

[xenovanis]

Does this also happen when using the default theme?

[TeeJay]

Yes it happens with the default theme and all the browsers I have

Firefox, IE and Chrome

The only vague clue I might have is that once upon a time I had the "Pretty URLs" mod installed but since then I refreshed all the files to standard, dropped the preety urls tables and re-installed the mods I required (not pretty urls)

I only say this because I'd seen reference to url mods having a possible impact with a similar error message
Of course that may just be a red herring

[xenovanis]

What's the url in your browser if you get this errormessage?

[TeeJay]

This is the url from the page with the "remove now" button
http://www.vdsr.co.uk/index.php?action=admin;area=maintain;sa=topics;cfd035c9=6a73d6b1addf9b8b974f0990a55f8a4d#rotLink

This is the link after clicking the button and getting the error message
http://www.vdsr.co.uk/index.php?action=admin;area=maintain;sa=topics;activity=pruneold

[xenovanis]

Could you please see if there are any errors in your server's errorlog (not the forum errorlog)?

It's a tough one to tackle, though 

[TeeJay]

Hi Xenovains
Unfortunately I'm using a 1and1 shared server so don't have access to error logs

Apparently I can use the php code below to create my own logs but I wouldn't know how to use that script or where to put it

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error_reporting(0);
   $old_error_handler = set_error_handler("userErrorHandler");

   function userErrorHandler ($errno, $errmsg, $filename, $linenum,  $vars)
   {
     $time=date("d M Y H:i:s");
     // Get the error type from the error number
     $errortype = array (1    => "Error",
                         2    => "Warning",
                         4    => "Parsing Error",
                         8    => "Notice",
                         16   => "Core Error",
                         32   => "Core Warning",
                         64   => "Compile Error",
                         128  => "Compile Warning",
                         256  => "User Error",
                         512  => "User Warning",
                         1024 => "User Notice");
      $errlevel=$errortype[$errno];

      //Write error to log file (CSV format)
      $errfile=fopen("errors.csv","a");
      fputs($errfile,"\"$time\",\"$filename:
      $linenum\",\"($errlevel) $errmsg\"\r\n");
      fclose($errfile);

      if($errno!=2 && $errno!=8) {
         //Terminate script if fatal error
         die("A fatal error has occurred. Script execution has been aborted");
      }
   }


[xenovanis]

That sound a bit odd to me. You should be able to access the errorlogs what soever.

If you logon with ftp, is there a file named errorlog in the root of your domain, or the root of your forumdirectory?

Where did you find that script.

[TeeJay]

The script is supplied by 1and1 on the same support page where it states that it doesn't allow access to error logs on the shared servers
http://faq.1and1.com/scripting_languages_supported/php/14.html

The only logs I have access to are:
Access logs
dav logs (whatever they are)
ftp logs and
mail logs

Each file is in it own gzip according to date

[xenovanis]

I'm not really sure on how to use that script, I'm afraid.

Is this error logged in your forums errorlog as well? If so, can you please post back the complete errormessage?

[TeeJay]

Hi there
The only error that shows in admin is as in the attachment below

Thanks

[xenovanis]

Can you attach these files please?
/Themes/default/ManageMaintenance.template.php
/Sources/ManageMaintenance.php

In addition, what are the results of "Check all files against current versions" in Admin -> Maintenance -> Forum Maintenance -> Routine?

[TeeJay]

Here they are...

[TeeJay]

Any ideas or any problems found with the attached files ?

[xenovanis]

Hi teeJay,

Sorry for not replying earlier. Unfortunately, I'm kind of stumped by your problem

Could you try creating a fresh testforum on the same server without any mods and see if it works then?

[SlammedDime]

Have you tried from a different computer?
What antivirus/firewall software are you using on your computer?

[TeeJay]

Thanks guys
I have recently installed a new system on the same server for Swena (www.swena.org)
That works fine from the same computer

I had previously tried using a different PC for the problem at VDSR but got the same error

I use AVG free plus Spybot Search and Destroy but like I said the swena.org site works fine so it has to be scripts, settings or database

[xenovanis]

TeeJay, can you give us an update on this horrendous issue?