• Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Obsolete
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    • 6.14.0
    • 6.0.0-m32

      Confluence appears to mishandle editing and rendering of cifs/smb hyperlinks. I'll just refer to cifs from now on, but assume it applies to smb as well.

      While the URL cifs://atlassian.example.org/Public renders correctly, the editor will not allow the link to be edited once created. Placing the cursor inside the link does not yield the edit/unlink tooltip unlike http links. The only way to change the link is to delete it and recreate.

      Furthermore, Confluence appears to mishandle credentials within a cifs URL. While I understand Confluence probably strips passwords out of these hyperlinks, it is often useful to specify a guest account using cifs with an empty password.

      cifs://GUEST:@atlassian.example.org/Public

      This is handy because it bypasses the request for an account and password under OS X. I'm not sure what happens under other operating systems but I can imagine a similar arrangement.

      The problem is that Confluence removes the colon from the credentials part, effectively unspecifying the empty password. It renders the hyperlink as:

      cifs://GUEST@atlassian.example.org/Public

      This results in a password prompt when activated.

            [CONFSERVER-41182] Confluence mishandles cifs/smb URL hyperlinks

            Hi cowen@atlassian.com - thanks for your comment. I did a quick check on the Confluence Cloud project and couldn't see a similar issue. If you'd like to raise it, please add it to https://jira.atlassian.com/projects/CONFCLOUD/issues/

            Makisa Appleton added a comment - Hi cowen@atlassian.com - thanks for your comment. I did a quick check on the Confluence Cloud project and couldn't see a similar issue. If you'd like to raise it, please add it to https://jira.atlassian.com/projects/CONFCLOUD/issues/

            I no longer have easy access to a Confluence server instance to test this on, but on Confluence Cloud at least the links will now not work at all.

            Christopher Owen (Inactive) added a comment - - edited I no longer have easy access to a Confluence server instance to test this on, but on Confluence Cloud at least the links will now not work at all.

            Atlassian Update - September 2019

            Thank you for your interest in this ticket. The Confluence Server and Data Center team released a major upgrade to the editor in 6.14. Due to the age of this ticket and/or lack of updates, we suspect that this issue is no longer relevant or was resolved as a result of the upgrade and are now closing this ticket.

            If this issue is still a problem in your Confluence instance in version 6.15 or later, please tag me in your comment and we can reopen this ticket for review.

            You can read more about the editor upgrade in the 6.14 Release Notes.

            Thanks

            Makisa Appleton | Senior Product Manager, Confluence Server and Data Center

            Makisa Appleton added a comment - Atlassian Update - September 2019 Thank you for your interest in this ticket. The Confluence Server and Data Center team released a major upgrade to the editor in 6.14. Due to the age of this ticket and/or lack of updates, we suspect that this issue is no longer relevant or was resolved as a result of the upgrade and are now closing this ticket. If this issue is still a problem in your Confluence instance in version 6.15 or later, please tag me in your comment and we can reopen this ticket for review. You can read more about the editor upgrade in the 6.14 Release Notes . Thanks Makisa Appleton | Senior Product Manager, Confluence Server and Data Center

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