S2 Remote Auth integration

#1

I’m trying to get S2member to work with remote authorization and I’m stumped. I have set download restrictions to unlimited per year and followed the instructions on the main page.

And the file works if you’re logged directly into the site as a member. In that situation, you can download the file via direct link that looks like this…
"https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/?s2member_file_download=m145.mp3’

But the trouble is that when I try to turn on remote auth (and I’m logged out) I end up in a loop where it refuses to accept any valid username/password, and doesn’t even say that it was a bad password. It just loops, until I leave that page, login to the site, and come back to it. At which point, the download starts immediately. So, for example, it looks with this link until I am logged in on the webpage directly.
“https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/?s2member_file_remote=yes&s2member_file_inline=yes=&s2member_file_download=m145.mp3”

I get the same problem if I just put &s2member_file_remote=yes at the end of the file.

I’m sure I’m missing something simple. Does anyone have any ideas?

#2

AH HA! Ok, so it was an issue with the headers getting eaten. The work around my dev came up with was to use this mod…

RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

#3

Which host are you on, Jamie?

I ask because the answer by Etienne Marais here suggests that your site’s configuration is non-standard (which is, presumably, why s2Member did not work out of the box for this purpose).

#4

I’m one of those poor souls who foolishly got on godaddy years ago, and now it’s just too much trouble to leave. So it very well might be the issue.

#5

Ah, I see! Commiserations!

Most decent hosts will be only too happy to move your sites to their network for you, and I think you’d be pleased with the improvements, but I understand why you might not want the hassle.