[ic] [captcha] won't generate image

Josh Lavin josh at myprivacy.ca
Tue Nov 6 11:44:36 EST 2007


On Nov 6, 2007, at 8:15 AM, Grant wrote:

>>>>>>> I've studied the docs in the captcha tag's source but I can't
>>>>>>> get it
>>>>>>> to generate an image on the server.  I'm not sure which of these
>>>>>>> should generate the image but I've tried both:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [captcha function=code image-path=/full/path/captcha]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [captcha function=image name-only=1 relative=1 image-path=/full/
>>>>>>> path/captcha]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have the following permissions on the captcha directory:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> drwxrwxr-x interch users
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've installed the Authen-Captcha and GD perl modules and added
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> following to interchange.cfg:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Require module Authen::Captcha
>>>>>>> Require module GD
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've restarted IC and apache and there is nothing in  
>>>>>>> error.log or
>>>>>>> error_log.  Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All I am using to generate is: [captcha image_tag]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Besides the perl modules, I also had to install gd-devel &
>>>>>> fontconfig-
>>>>>> devel.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Josh,
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you using gd-2.0.35, fontconfig-2.4.2, GD-2.35, and
>>>>> Authen-Captcha-1.023?  Are you using any CAPTCHA catalog  
>>>>> directives?
>>>>
>>>> My versions are gd-2.0.33, fontconfig-2.4.1, GD-2.35, Authen-
>>>> Captcha-1.023. I'm not using any catalog directives.
>>>>
>>>> FWIW, my images/captcha directory has the same permissions as yours
>>>> (775). Do you think it could be Mod::Interchange?
>>>
>>> It works perfectly for me without NoAbsolute set, but won't generate
>>> the image when it is set.  Are you using NoAbsolute in
>>> interchange.cfg?
>>
>> Yes.
>
> If you're just using [captcha image_tag] are you using any CAPTCHA_*
> directives in catalog.cfg or is DOCROOT and IMAGE_DIR taking care of
> it for you?

I don't have any captcha stuff in catalog.cfg.
DOCROOT = /var/www/vhosts/foo.com/htdocs
IMAGE_DIR = /images

I'm using vlink and mod_rewrite -- not sure if that makes a difference.

--
Josh
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