Log Browser always empty
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@johnpoz said in Log Browser always empty:
Could be a browser side problem..
Note : I'm not seeing any issues.
It's the user, by selecting the "Log/File type" and then "Log/File selection" a fires a POST against the pfSense WebGUI/pfblockerng_log.php - ajax does it's job, and returns the info.
Nothings special, exactly the same thing is happening on the dashboard page (does your auto refresh work ?) , and other pfSense WebGUI pages.edit : even this forum.netgate.com is using ajax heavily, right now, while your reading and typing.
I tried some basic "ajax" debugging with my browser (Firefox) as they all have some 'web development' functionalities integrated.
Hit Shift-Ctrl-E to access the "network" part direcly.
It will show up at the bottom.
Now, open the Firewall > pfBlockerNG > Log Browser page.
Select your file.You will (should) see this at the bottom of the network-log-list-windows :
Clickint twice on this line will show the content being send from the webGUi to the browser (the file itself is base64 encoded).
/maxmind_ver|TWF4TWluZCBHZW9MaXRlMiBEYXRlL1RpbWUgU3RhbXAKTGFzdC1Nb2RpZmllZDogV2VkLCAwOSBEZWMgMjAyMCAxOTo0MDo1NSBHTVQKRHVwbGljYXRlIFJlcHJlc2VudGVkIElQNCBOZXR3b3JrczogNzgyNTUK|You see the same thing ?
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@gertjan Not seeing any issues here either can not duplicate this problem. So its clearly not some issue in pfblocker that presents itself to everyone.
Since the logs are there.. And they can access them and they have info in them - I would look to see if browser related. Are you seeing the same issue on all browsers? Without any addons, etc.
I can not duplicate the problem - so its something specific to their setup, and since files are there and can be read - I would validate not a browser issue.
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@johnpoz Yes I have that same blank section that was reported by sebM.
I normally use Safari, but get the same behaviour using Firefox.
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@stepheng did you saw the 'interaction' I showed above ?
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@gertjan I looked at the developer mode stuff (on both Safari and Firefox) and didn't see any traffic happening at all on the log page, beyond the initial load of the page.
Interestingly, on my rather old MacBook Pro, it doesn't work under Safari, but it does work correctly under Firefox.
... and as a third data point, it does work although a bit clunky on my iPad (it takes forever to load initially - one seems to need to give it some encouragement my selecting a different log file like the error.log and then it seems to work fine with the reload button.
I really don't know what it different about this iMac (running Catalina - it is probably the "cleanest" of my machines with the fewest add-ons and plug-ins as it is the newest and I've been very ruthless in not adding software that I don't think I actually need whereas my MacBookPro is about 10 years old and full of cruft.
I know that Safari can sometimes be a bit temperamental, but I've not seen anything quite of this nature before - I have seen the odd problem with CSS files being interpreted differently to other browsers. Firefox is my goto for such sites and I tend to use as my reference.
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@stepheng The only 'native' Safari device I have, is an iPhone.
I used it's build in Safari to access the pfBlokcerNG-devel (3.0.0.6 now) logs and it was .... awkward.Managed to see 3 lines MaxMind logs, but had to change both log type and file somewhat randomly.
It's a browser issue.
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Very browser related.
I gave up using Safari to read logs.
Firefox on my Mac works, or kind of... The trick is to first select "maxmind_ver" or "wizard" on the list and only then go to "dnsbl" or "ip_block" logs. Going straight to the last one doesn't work generally speaking.
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@huskerdu said in Log Browser always empty:
Very browser related.
I gave up using Safari to read logs.
Firefox on my Mac works, or kind of... The trick is to first select "maxmind_ver" or "wizard" on the list and only then go to "dnsbl" or "ip_block" logs. Going straight to the last one doesn't work generally speaking.
Hey! I confirm the behavior.
I couldn't get anywhere with Safari.
But with Firefox, if I do that little "back and forth" between selected files as you described, it works... -
@sebm @HuskerDu @Gertjan Thanks for all the replies. It looks like we all have much the same experience that for whatever reason Safari does not play well with this, and even Firefox requires a bit of forward and back playing. I'm glad I'm not the only one!
As an occasional web developer, I'm always looking out for odd behaviours - some of which I can never quite get to the bottom of with some browser versions / OS version combinations, so I'm not entirely surprised.
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Clicking like a maniac in Firefox is the solution. You can mark the topic as solved ;-).
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Just bumping this thread to highlight that v3.0.0_7 (despite having changelog saying "2) Fix issues with Safari browser and log file selection") didn't fix my problem with Safari.
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@sebm said in Log Browser always empty:
Safari browser
Desktop or iPad / iPhone (using iOS 14.3 ?)
Using my iPhone and Safari, after changing Log/File selection from "Clixk to select log fie" to, example, "pfblockerng.log", the file is shown :
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@gertjan Thank you for you're input.
It also works for me on iOS.
But on macOS 11.1 with Safari 14.0.2, it doesn't work.
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@sebm said in Log Browser always empty:
@gertjan Thank you for you're input.
It also works for me on iOS.
But on macOS 11.1 with Safari 14.0.2, it doesn't work.If you hit F12 and open Dev tools, goto "Console", do you see any errors? Do you have any Browser Add-on's installed?
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@bbcan177 said in Log Browser always empty:
If you hit F12 and open Dev tools, goto "Console", do you see any errors? Do you have any Browser Add-on's installed?
No console errors, and no extensions installed... :(
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@sebm @BBcan177 I can also confirm that it doesn't work in Safari 14.0.2 (on Mac OS X 10.14.6 Mojave) Some previous version did work on this Mac. It does work on my iPad running the most current version of iOS.
Like @sebM, there are no error messages showing on the console and although at one time I did have the extension for 1Password running on this machine, that seems to have disappeared now.
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I've upgraded to 3.0.0_8, the problem persists on macOS and Safari 14.0.2.
Seems to be working find on iOS. -
@sebm If anyone is still looking into this problem I just want to add that it has been plaguing me for years.
iMac and Safari. Through various versions of Mac OS and Safari updates. Through various ver of pfBlocker and pfBlocker-devel. I had this problem on an SG2440 and now on 3100. Now I only occasionally bother to load the log files from my 3100. I wish someone would sort this out.It does work fine on a linux box w/ firefox.
A few years ago I saw a reference online to 'Ajax' being a problem with Safari. I don't know if Ajax is used.
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@jonh said in Log Browser always empty:
Through various versions of Mac OS and Safari updates
As I have an iPhone, thus iOS (latest) and Safari, I accessed pfSense.
All the log pages showed up just fine.
I know this doesn't mean anything, but I really believe that as my 'mini'" Safari works, why shouldn't the desktop version work ?As soon as you receive someone at your place using an iPad or better : iMac, ask him to test.
And say to yourself : the only difference is : our local browser settings ^^ -
@jonh
It works fine in safari on my iPad running latest version of iOS. Does not work on safari on my MacBook running Big Sur. I don’t have any addons installed on safari on my MacBook.
