Re: [CODE4LIB] what's friendlier less powerful than phpMyAdmin?

[Susan Rector]

We use an ODBC link as we can control the rights at the MySQL level like 
Tobin mentions below

Susan


Tobin Cataldo wrote:
We have been using MS Access linked through MyODBC. The user's rights 
are according to the permissions in the MySQL user table.


Tobin


Ken Irwin wrote:

Hi folks,

I have some straightforward MySQL data tables that I would like to be 
editable by some of my less-techy colleagues. I tend to think of 
phpMyAdmin as a perfectly serviceable and reasonably interface for 
updating database tables, but I'm told that it's kind of intimidating 
to the uninitiated.


Are there alternatives that are meant for non-admin-types? I'd want 
something with read/write permissions, but that could be targeted at 
just a few tables, wouldn't have any of the more potent tools (drop, 
empty, etc.). In the ideal world, I might like something that would 
prevent users from doing things like accidentally changing primary 
key data and things like that.


I've thought about writing something, but I suspect that would be 
reinventing the wheel. Any ideas?


Thanks,
Ken

Re: [CODE4LIB] Using OpenID in libraries

[susan rector]

i can see many library administrators being skeptical about openid...
at my library we're actively looking at shibboleth. i don't know enough
about either one yet to speak intelligently about them,
but..doesn't shibboleth operate similarly to openid?

cheers,
susan


Susan Teague Rector
Library Information Systems
Web Applications Manager
VCU Libraries
804-828-0032
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Jeremy Frumkin wrote:

While OpenID has potential within certain contexts, I have difficulty seeing
it being quickly adopted by libraries, universities, or other entities that
need to relate real identities to an OpenID. OpenID doesn¹t do trust; it
explicitly says it is not a trust system. For libraries to adopt OpenID,
they need to somehow link OpenID to a trust system. It isn¹t clear to me
that there is enough added value to libraries at this point to adopt OpenID
­ of course, I¹d be glad to buy someone a beer if they provide a use case to
convince me otherwise ;-)

-- jaf



On 3/22/07 8:37 PM, Ross Singer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:



On 3/22/07, Don McMorris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Ryan's message (I guess seeing academia) made me think of Athens,
which made me further think Hey, Subscription Databases are just
ITCHING for OpenID!.  I mean, come on... The methods we have for
database authentication aren't working well...


Well, naturally, academia has thought of this and overengineered it to
death:

 http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/

which is why it's taken 7years so far and there is still very few
implementations.

-Ross.






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