Re: [SM-PLUGINS] Administrator Plugin vs. Admin Add

[Jimmy C. <ji...@ad...>]

Tuttle Grey said:
> SquirrelMail 1.4.0, UWIMAPD, PHP 4.3.2.
>
> I use the "Administrator Plugin", beta in 2002 by Philippe Mingo, to do
> all
> my configuration. It has worked very well.
>
> I see on the SM site that there is a newer plugin called "Admin Add" by
> Jimmy Conner, which says: "Allows you to easily modify the config/admins
> file". There is no further description.
>
> 1. Can anyone tell me in more detail what the newer "Admin Add" plugin
> does?

  It modifies the /config/admins file, which the Administrator, Virus
Scan, Block Attach, ect... plugins use to tell who exactly are admins of
your Squirrelmail.  If a username is in this file, they have access to
the administrator panels on those plugins.

>
> 2. How does it differ from the older "Administrator Plugin" that came with
> SM 1.4.0?

  Admin Add is more of an plugin for a plugin, it enhances it slightly.

>
> 3. I am planning to install SquirrelMail 1.4.2. Does this include the
> older
> "Administrator Plugin", or do I need to install the newer "Admin Add"
> plugin
> to enable the functionality of doing configuration via the Configuration
> Administrator in the Options screen of SquirrelMail (instead of running
> config.pl)?

  It includes it.  You don't need Admin Add at all, unless you want to
easily add other admins to the config/admins file, or you use any of the
other ways that the Administrator plugin uses to detect admins.

Jimmy