60294 - Misleading error message when PSM is not installed

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 47617

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[Stephen Rasku]

Tested on Linux build 200111514.

Enter a "Member Name" and "Password".  It doesn't have to match a real account. 
A dialog box pops up which says:

	The connection was refused when attempting to contact 
	register.starwave.go.com.

Clicking OK causes the padlock to blink yellow 3 times and then go red.

On netscape 4.72 it displays the following security warning:

	Warning!  You have requested an insecure document that was originally 
	designated a secure document (the location has been redirected from a 
	secure to an insecure document).  The document and any information you 
	send back could be observed by a third party while in transit.

Note the above security warning  only displays if you have entered a valid user
name and password.  Otherwise it displays an error message about Incorrect
ID/Password Combination

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

Which version of PSM are you using?

Comment 2

[uamjet602]

The things reporter describes happen when you do not have psm installed. The
error message you get from that (connection refused) is very bad. Also the
clicking the lock or choosing 'personal security manager' from the tasks menu
gives nothing but a javascript error.

Comment 3

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

marking invalid.  Not a bug.  Reporter, please reopen this if you still have
problems after installing PSM from
http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/psm/psm-mozilla/index.html

Comment 4

[Stephen Rasku]

Installing the PSM fixed the above problem.  However, I am still going to reopen
this under a new title because of the misleading error message.

Comment 5

[R.K.Aa.]

Dup of bug 47617 "Connection to https needs to tell user to install PSM if w/o"


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 47617 ***

Comment 6

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Stephen Rasku, thanks for the followup.  In the future please do not 'morph'
bugs.  If the issue you reported has been resolved "Can't login to Virtual GM"
then help us verify it and report any other problems as seperate bugs.  The main
reason is that if we have to reopen the bug because of a regression then the bug
addressing two issues becomes confusing.  Thanks for your help in testing
Mozilla and reporting bugs.
-Asa

Setting Bug status to Verified Duplicate