StatusNet (formerly Laconica) accounts don't work with StatusNet instances besides identi.ca

[zcopley]

"Laconica" (now StatusNet) accounts pointing at instances other than identi.ca don't seem to be able connect, no matter what's in the server and path fields.

For example, Adium can connect to identi.ca if the server field contains "identi.ca" and the path is left blank, but it cannot connect to "bleeper.de" (Another large StatusNet instance).

See related ticket about the Laconica -> StatusNet name change:  http://trac.adium.im/ticket/12943

[zacw]

Please follow the instructions to get a debug log and attach it to this ticket.

[brion]

Debug log from local login attempt

[zcopley]

Attachment (statusnet_debug_log.txt) added by ticket reporter.

[zcopley]

I've added a debug log. Looks like it's maybe an SSL problem?

[brion]

Per me & Zach's test with local StatusNet installs and remote ones such as  http://bleeper.de/ it looks like it's trying to connect by SSL. If the service doesn't have https set up, the connection fails (no response from host or bad cert).

At the least we should probably display a clearer error in this case; but also the connection setup dialog should probably allow for disabling SSL (and maybe even auto-test the server to see if it's available).

[brion]

Patch to add an SSL option, defaulting to true (diff against 1.4 branch version b688c1962004)

[brion]

zipped updated AITwitterAccountView.nib (english)

[brion]

Attached patch adds a checkbox to the Twitter/Laconica account setup dialog:

'Security: [X] Encrypt connection using SSL'

For Twitter this is always on and (like the API host and path) the checkbox is disabled so it can't be changed. For Laconica, it defaults to on but may now be turned off to connect to non-SSL-capable hosts.

Disabling SSL lets me connect successfully to bleeper.de (though I'm still having probs with my local instance, which may be unrelated; it's at least getting farther!)

[brion]

Additional patch to fix links to use http: instead of https: when SSL is disabled

[brion]

Second patch also cleans up the links in the timeline window to use http: instead of https: if SSL is disabled.

[Zachary West <zacw@…>]

(In  cb1fd4d17218) Patch from brion to add an SSL option for StatusNet accounts. Fixes #13077.

[Zachary West <zacw@…>]

(In  9c30ee53dcef) Patch from brion to add an SSL option for StatusNet accounts. Fixes #13077.