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andydev
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On windows as a service web portal asking for password again

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Hi,

I'm running Sabnzbd as a service on windows and when I log into it with a browser (have tried firefox/ie/chrome) it asks me for a the username/password about 5 times (even though I selected to save the password).
And on each refresh, every few seconds, it asks me for the password again and again...

Any ideas?
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Do you forbid cookies in your browser?
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shypike wrote:Do you forbid cookies in your browser?
nope. and it happens on ff, ie and chrome
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Rebooted? (Have to ask, it's Windows isn't it...)
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shypike wrote:Rebooted? (Have to ask, it's Windows isn't it...)
yeah, several times since installed.

I've been using it for like 6 months, I just need to continue putting the username and password.

It also happens when I access it remotely from outside the intranet (not sure if it matters...)
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Have you tried an alternative browser?
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shypike wrote:Have you tried an alternative browser?
Thanks for trying to help, but I just found the solution...

Run as administrator...

Maybe it can be added to a troubleshooting
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Do you now need to run the browser as administrator or SABnzbd?
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shypike wrote:Do you now need to run the browser as administrator or SABnzbd?
Had to mark Sabnzbd as run as administrator

Maybe add this to the FAQ or Troubleshooting??
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It should not be necessary to run SABnzbd as admin when running it as a service,
at least as long as you set proper access rights for all places that SABnzbd needs to access.
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Post by m0t0k0 »

I have this same problem.

Only noticed it a couple weeks ago.

SAB had been running fine for 6 months+ beforehand so I can only assume it was a update which caused the problem.

I currently have it installed on a WHS 2011 box and it is configured to start-up via task scheduler as this was much easier than installing as a service.

How did you make it run as admin did you right click the .exe and select it that way?

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OK did some testing, when I use IE there is no problem but in Chrome it asks for authentication repeatedly on every action I take and sometimes two or three times per action.

I'm running 0.7.3

Just set SAB to run as admin and there is no change

Is there some way I can submit logs?

EDIT
Sorry for hijacking this thread I have stared my own over here
http://forums.sabnzbd.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13072
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