Re: [pmwiki-users] adding cookbook script

2008-02-25 Thread jdd
Patrick R. Michaud a écrit : ...except that the permissions to cookbook/ _aren't_ open, even at install time. when one install a cookbook, he have to open permissions, anyway... so the very same people should be able to run a script? we don't change PmWiki frequently :-) may be the better

Re: [pmwiki-users] adding cookbook script

2008-02-25 Thread carlos . ab
Em Domingo 24 Fevereiro 2008 19:17, Patrick R. Michaud escreveu: - The configuration files are somewhat sensitive to the order in   which things happen -- some scripts have to be loaded early,   some late, some variables set early, others late, etc.  So, any   sort of configuration utility has

Re: [pmwiki-users] adding cookbook script

2008-02-24 Thread jdd
Christophe David a écrit : I'd like to second this. The recipe installation is by now very programmer-style, adding a include line, setting some config variables, writing some php in a new file...It's all not difficult but not user friendly for non-programmer admins. What about a

Re: [pmwiki-users] adding cookbook script

2008-02-24 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 07:19:48AM +, imoc wrote: some thing with a cookbook list, with check boxes when installing several cookbooks, the process is quite cumbersome and annoying, and a such script should be quite simple (however I'm not able do do it myself) I'd like to

Re: [pmwiki-users] adding cookbook script

2008-02-24 Thread DaveG
Patrick R. Michaud wrote: A similar argument goes for storing parts of config.php into a wiki page -- it means that someone who is able to modify those pages somehow can start executing arbitrary scripts on the server. There may be cases where this would be okay, but in the general case I

Re: [pmwiki-users] adding cookbook script

2008-02-24 Thread jdd
Patrick R. Michaud a écrit : The problem with using a web-based interface to install cookbook recipes automatically is that it requires write permission to the cookbook/ directory. That's a security risk we haven't wanted to take yet. This is especially an issue since basically anyone can

Re: [pmwiki-users] adding cookbook script

2008-02-24 Thread Christophe David
A similar argument goes for storing parts of config.php into a wiki page -- it means that someone who is able to modify those pages somehow can start executing arbitrary scripts on the server. There may be cases where this would be okay, but in the general case I think it's too big a

Re: [pmwiki-users] adding cookbook script

2008-02-24 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 11:19:19PM +0100, Christophe David wrote: A similar argument goes for storing parts of config.php into a wiki page -- it means that someone who is able to modify those pages somehow can start executing arbitrary scripts on the server. There may be cases where

Re: [pmwiki-users] adding cookbook script

2008-02-24 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 11:52:05AM -0500, DaveG wrote: Patrick R. Michaud wrote: A similar argument goes for storing parts of config.php into a wiki page -- it means that someone who is able to modify those pages somehow can start executing arbitrary scripts on the server. There may be

Re: [pmwiki-users] adding cookbook script

2008-02-24 Thread Peter Melodye Bowers
could even be a sh script, to be done by the admin, not an online administration tools. - not everyone is using unix - not everyone using unix has command-line access WikiSh has most capabilities to do this currently except for the actual download from pmwiki.org. It's a way to give unix

Re: [pmwiki-users] adding cookbook script

2008-02-23 Thread imoc
some thing with a cookbook list, with check boxes when installing several cookbooks, the process is quite cumbersome and annoying, and a such script should be quite simple (however I'm not able do do it myself) thanks jdd I'd like to second this. The recipe installation is by now very