Re: Sandbox DB permissions
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2005
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 61061
interpreted = N
texte = Matthew A Perosi wrote: > This is pretty frustrating. Honestly I'm probably going to be the only > person that ever downloads/uploads these files during maintenance cycles > and such. But it will be a pretty time consuming to have to go to the > server and change all the perms before I can do anything. Ultimately, you are fighting between strong security and ease of use. The whole point of sandboxes is that sibling clients won't be able to access each others files (through the use of path tricks like ../../sibling/orders/orders.db). But the one thing that doesn't change is that the databases themselves have to be owned by the user executing WebCat itself. As someone already explained, it has to do with the way that safe database writes are managed. The way most people get around this is to upload files to a staging area, then use a protected WebCat template to incorporate the new db file(s) into the site. HTH John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Matthew A Perosi wrote: > This is pretty frustrating. Honestly I'm probably going to be the only > person that ever downloads/uploads these files during maintenance cycles > and such. But it will be a pretty time consuming to have to go to the > server and change all the perms before I can do anything. Ultimately, you are fighting between strong security and ease of use. The whole point of sandboxes is that sibling clients won't be able to access each others files (through the use of path tricks like ../../sibling/orders/orders.db). But the one thing that doesn't change is that the databases themselves have to be owned by the user executing WebCat itself. As someone already explained, it has to do with the way that safe database writes are managed. The way most people get around this is to upload files to a staging area, then use a protected WebCat template to incorporate the new db file(s) into the site. HTH John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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