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

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

2008-02-24 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

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

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

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. Ther

Re: [pmwiki-users] adding cookbook script

2008-02-24 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 07:27:11PM +0100, jdd wrote: > 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 ta

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 anyon

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 cas

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 li

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

Re: [pmwiki-users] adding cookbook script

2008-02-24 Thread Christophe David
> 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 SiteAdmin.Config page that would

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 n

[pmwiki-users] adding cookbook script

2008-02-23 Thread jdd
Hello :-) I think it should be usefull (if it'd not already here and I missed it) to have a "install cookbook" script. 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 (ho