Can't login to launchpad from links2 browser

Bug #1770263 reported by Bump
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Canonical SSO provider
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Running 'apport-collect bug-id' opens the terminal program www-browser, and when trying to login says "Bad bot, go away! Request aborted."

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Bump (bump55) wrote :

Also "Bad request."

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

www-browser is a generic alternative - could you post the output of "update-alternatives --display www-browser", which should give more information about which browser it is?

Changed in launchpad:
status: New → Incomplete
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Bump (bump55) wrote :

$ update-alternatives --display www-browser
www-browser - auto mode
  link best version is /usr/bin/links2
  link currently points to /usr/bin/links2
  link www-browser is /usr/bin/www-browser
  slave www-browser.1.gz is /usr/share/man/man1/www-browser.1.gz
/usr/bin/links2 - priority 69
  slave www-browser.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/links2.1.gz

Changed in launchpad:
status: Incomplete → New
William Grant (wgrant)
affects: launchpad → canonical-identity-provider
Daniel Manrique (roadmr)
summary: - Can't login to launchpad from www-browser
+ Can't login to launchpad from links2 browser
Changed in canonical-identity-provider:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
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