Fatal Error when trying to acces private messages

Question

When I click in my profile on private messages I get this error code:

Question2Answer fatal error:

User accounts are handled by external code

Stack trace:

require() in index.php:28
require() in qa-index.php:183
qa_get_request_content() in qa-page.php:824
qa_call_override() in qa-page.php:194
qa_call() in qa-base.php:671
qa_get_request_content_override_1_in_qa_poll_overrides_php() in qa-base.php:619
qa_get_request_content_base() in qa-base.php(595) : eval()'d code:12
qa_call() in qa-base.php(669) : eval()'d code:1
qa_get_request_content() in qa-base.php:619
require() in qa-page.php:207

Comments

good catch. I didn't even notice that there is such link from User profile. It might be even bug in Q2A itself.

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Saw the dame thing today :)

Answer 1

Private messaging should be disabled, but the item to disable it seems to have disappeared in the settings. Could potentially be a bug with the Q2A software.

Our authentication code (single signon with Project-GC) doesn't support the functions needed for the private messaging, which has been an active decision in itself.

In a perfect world we would hide the sub menu that isn't working. But it's hardly worth the priority, hopefully it will get fixed with a Q2A upgrade.

Comments

Thanks for this answer. I have the same problem and was wondering why.

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It looks like the fix is in 1.8.0 version: https://github.com/q2a/question2answer/commit/1830284
The link should not be shown there either in the next version, when the messaging will be disabled:
https://github.com/q2a/question2answer/blob/5bab348/qa-include/app/format.php#L1512

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Thanks Jakuje. I just wanted to say that I have saved this QA article. I will update at some point. But since we have a few patches I have been holding off. Right now I am trying to not do too many changes since we will have a major update on Thursday. I want to make sure _why_ something broke after that, if it does.

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Any update on this? It is fixed in Q2A for almost 4 years and from time to time, somebody stumbles upon this. If not updating to newer version, backporting this simple patch might make sense.
https://project-gc.com/qa/?qa=21820/i-get-an-error-when-i-click-on-private-messages