Re: Log in to YORK Libraries

In a mad moment - Dave Lawton mumbled :


> On Mon, 8 February, 2016 4:23 pm, Bryn Evans wrote:
>> In a mad moment - Rob Kendrick mumbled :
>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 03:27:40PM +0000, Bryn Evans wrote:
>>>> Go to https://exploreyork.org.uk (which seems to take about 8sec
>>>> to load a largish Welcome page) and try to get the 'Log In'
>>>> or the 'My Account' (top right) to produce a 'Log In' window.
>>>>
>>>> There should be a USER entry writable and PIN one below but I never
>>>> get that far.
>>
>>> <a shape="rect" tabIndex="1" class="loginLink"
>>> onclick="com_sirsi_ent_login.loginFirst();" href="#">Log In</a>
>>
>>> It requires both JavaScript and on-the-fly modification of the DOM.
>>
>>> So no, not yet.
>>
>> Thanks for that. It is as I feared, they are being too clever.
>> I tackled their IT dept last year about the Linux fail (same symptoms)
>> and got a blank look that could be taken as "what the hell IS Linux?"
>>

> Not much of an IT dept then :(

> You do get the login box as described with Firefox ESR
> 38.6 on OpenSUSE 64 bit Linux (other dists available)

Yes, I can get that far with my elderly EEEPC (Linux) but in this case
as soon as I enter the details the link is broken.

This, I believe, is due to out dated security Certificates in the
EEEPC. Now that NetSurf is working OK on the Pi Zero I can risk trying
a complete install of a new Linux distribution then see what happens.


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