Re: [Sandweb-users] questions

[Bart M. <ba...@pi...>]

O yea, looking good, all the functionality appears to work correctly.

I will keep looking and let you know if something pops up, but so far so
good.


Thanks
Bart

On Wed, 2003-04-23 at 18:00, Nick Jennings wrote:
> Hi Bart,
> 
>  I went ahead and setup Apache2/Perl 5.8 on my system. BTW Apache2 has
>  nothing to do with the problem, it all seems to be due to perl 5.8's
>  stricter syntax checking.
> 
>  There were several syntax errors that I guess 5.6 didn't pick up on in
>  the Browse.pm, Config.pm and in Shell.pm (I think the fix I made to 
>  Shell.pm was the culprit). 
> 
>  In Shell.pm the system_timeout's default value was being set to a
>  string '' instead of a numeric value, so this seems to have the
>  side effect of hanging the cgi until apache gives up. Also, it
>  seems at one spot in the code, assignment of system_timeout is
>  incorrect, so this value wasn't even being set (which makes the
>  default of '' much more of a problem). 
> 
>  I set the default to 300, in the code, because this is the default in
>  the config file, so I figured that's the safest bet.
> 
>  Everything should work now in the trunk, and there should be
>  less perl warnings in your apache error logs now :)
>  
>  If you can verify this I will then merge it into the branch for 1.0 
>  release. 
> 
> - Nick
> 
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 10:21:44AM -0500, Bart Metzger wrote:
> > Sorry, long day
> > 
> > Here are the errors I am getting. 
> > 
> > 
> > [Wed Apr 23 10:15:54 2003] [error] [client 10.0.107.84] Using a hash as
> > a reference is deprecated at
> > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/SandWeb/Config.pm line 352.
> > 
> > Using a hash as a reference is deprecated at
> >  /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/SandWeb/Config.pm line 353. referer:
> > http://monkey/cgi-bin/sandweb.cgi
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > [Tue Apr 22 16:36:54 2003] [error] [client 10.0.107.84] [Tue Apr 22
> > 16:36:54 2003] sandweb.cgi: Argument "" isn't numeric in alarm at
> > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/SandWeb/Shell.pm line 401., referer:
> > http://monkey/cgi-bin/sandweb.cgi?action=sandbox
> > 
> > 
> > These are the main errors I am getting, the only thing that doesn't
> > appear functional is after I setup the user, repository, and go into the
> > sandbox, I cannot navigate to any of the modules I have checked out. 
> > Not sure about any of the functionality after that.   
> > 
> > 
> > I am using Apache 2.0.43/mod_perl 1.99_08/ Perl v5.8.0
> > 
> > Thanks for the help and the info.
> > 
> > Bart
> > 
> > On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 17:08, Rob Helmer wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 04:24:12PM -0500, Bart Metzger wrote:
> > > > Greetings
> > > 
> > > Hello
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I am having a few issues getting sandweb to work, and I am sure it has
> > > > to do with what I am using. Please forgive if this was mentioned in
> > > > another thread.
> > > > 
> > > > I am using apache2/perl 5.8 on a rh 8.0 box.  I have tried both the
> > > > latest from cvs and the RC2.   
> > > > 
> > > > Has anyone got this setup and working in a environment even close to
> > > > this, or do I have to stick to Apache 1.3 and perl 5.6.x?  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I haven't tried yet, I'm on Debian stable ( perl 5.6, apache 1.3 ).
> > > I'd be interested to see the errors you are running into.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Also has anyone gotten Sandweb to authenticate to a kerberos or nis
> > > > domain?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I once hacked in NT support as proof-of-concept, but I want to make
> > > this more generic and modular so we can support seperate authentication
> > > and authorization services.
> > > 
> > > The basic idea is :
> > > 
> > > 1) turn off MD5 Javascript hashing in the login.html and sandweb-admin
> > > 2) copy lib/SandWeb/Auth/Flatfile.pm to e.g. Kerberos.pm and make 
> > >    it return a 1 if the user is ok, 0 if not
> > > 3) make lib/SandWeb/Auth.pm use Kerberos.pm instead of Flatfile.pm
> > > 
> > > So it's possible right now, but better to wait until this is supported
> > > by us.
> > > Then you'll just have to flip a switch in sandweb.cfg, and maybe
> > > write your own Kerberos.pm ( and send it to us so you don't have
> > > to maintain it:) ).
> > > 
> > > We won't be in a position to support this until a post-1.0 release
> > > most likely.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > If you need specifics please let me know.
> > > > 
> > > > I am placing 2 errors at the bottom of the file in case this rings a
> > > > bell for anyone.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I didn't see any errors in this email, can you resend?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Rob
> > 
> > 
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