I think that would cover it here, as you said, if you give someone Admin
rights, then they can alter any other settings. Only a
compile-build-install-time option to totally remove it would eliminate this
possibility.
It is a great feature to have, especially with some restrictions on
availability. Thanks!
> On Apr 21, 2018, at 7:43 PM, Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users
> <backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
> I just pushed some changes
> <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/commit/5ed68f32f7df4869eb21ba015dce3ed34b08d8d8>
> that add a new config variable CgiUserDeleteBackupEnable (default off) which
> sets whether users can delete backups via the CGI interface. Admins always
> have the delete feature enabled.
>
> Craig
>
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 11:05 AM, Craig Barratt
> <cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net <mailto:cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>>
> wrote:
> This is a very good point.
>
> How about I add a configuration setting that has three values - completely
> off, admin only, or any user? The default setting could be admin only.
>
> However, if it's turned off, any admin could change that setting back to
> admin only.
>
> Craig
>
> On Monday, April 16, 2018, Steve Palm <n9...@n9yty.com
> <mailto:n9...@n9yty.com>> wrote:
>
> On Apr 16, 2018, at 7:47 AM, Ghislain Adnet <gad...@aqueos.com
> <mailto:gad...@aqueos.com>> wrote:
> > Le 15/04/2018 à 01:10, Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users a écrit :
> >> BackupPC 4.2.0 <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/releases/tag/4.2.0
> >> <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/releases/tag/4.2.0>> has been
> >> released on Github.
> >> The changes since4.1.5
> >> <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/releases/tag/4.1.5
> >> <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/releases/tag/4.1.5>>are listed
> >> below. The biggest change is a new feature in the web interface written
> >> by @moisseev that allows prior backups to be deleted.
> >
> > ohhh this is a very bad idea... Having a way to remove backup in the web
> > interface sounds cool but when a bad apple employee comes and destroy all
> > the backups because he is angry this is a real issue. Same if account is
> > comprimised
> .
> .
> .
> > is there a way to remove the feature so its not even loaded in the code
> > (not just limited by the login/pass used) ?
>
> I didn't see where it was even configurable by user/login/etc... If it is,
> please post, and also a global "shutoff" would be great. Maybe a
> compile/install option to not even include it as requested above, although
> for our use case I don't think we need to go that far, hope I'm not ever
> proven wrong on that. :)
>
> Thanks!
> Steve
>
>
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