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RE: 1.030 RPM still unsigned?

[David C. <co...@co...>]

My experience in the past is that tar.gz's aren't really signed at this
point, mostly just released with MD5 bitchecks.

Now since I only develop and release small programs I find the MD5
bitcheck works perfectly well for myself.

BTW Jamie, I'm on a system restoration contract right now, and someone
handed me a server from early 2001 and was told "make it work".  It had
webmin 0.84 on it... Let me just say you should be extremly proud of how
much Webmin has grown and prosper over this past year alone.

David

Wil Cooley <wc...@na...> wrote ..
> 
> Yes, the RPM is still unsigned :(  Jamie, do you need help with the
GPG
> part?

No, I've figured out how to work GPG. I'm just looking for a solution
for
signing the .tar.gz packages of webmin and individual modules as well
before putting out signed versions. Any idea how people usually handle
the signing of .tar.gz files? With RPMs, the file format can handle the
signature actually being part of the file, but that isn't the case with
tarballs ..

 - Jamie

Re: 1.030 RPM still unsigned?

[Wil C. <wc...@na...>]

On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 01:29, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> Wil Cooley <wc...@na...> wrote ..
> >=20
> > Yes, the RPM is still unsigned :(  Jamie, do you need help with the GPG
> > part?
>=20
> No, I've figured out how to work GPG. I'm just looking for a solution for
> signing the .tar.gz packages of webmin and individual modules as well
> before putting out signed versions. Any idea how people usually handle
> the signing of .tar.gz files? With RPMs, the file format can handle the
> signature actually being part of the file, but that isn't the case with
> tarballs ..

A detatched signature is how people handle tar.gz.  In order to
effectively handle per-module updates, you might consider repackaging so
the modules go into separate or subpackages.  I know that'd be a fair
amount of work, which is why I've never suggested it before.

Wil
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Re: 1.030 RPM still unsigned?

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Wil Cooley <wc...@na...> wrote ..
> 
> Yes, the RPM is still unsigned :(  Jamie, do you need help with the GPG
> part?

No, I've figured out how to work GPG. I'm just looking for a solution for
signing the .tar.gz packages of webmin and individual modules as well
before putting out signed versions. Any idea how people usually handle
the signing of .tar.gz files? With RPMs, the file format can handle the
signature actually being part of the file, but that isn't the case with
tarballs ..

 - Jamie

Re: 1.030 RPM still unsigned?

[Joe C. <jo...@sw...>]

I reckon he could use the GPG module in Usermin, if he didn't know how 
to do it by hand, eh?  ;-)

Wil Cooley wrote:

> Yes, the RPM is still unsigned :(  Jamie, do you need help with the GPG
> part?
>
> Wil

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1.030 RPM still unsigned?

[Wil C. <wc...@na...>]

Yes, the RPM is still unsigned :(  Jamie, do you need help with the GPG
part?

Wil
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Re: librabries for PHP and a module: where to put things?

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Sandro Dentella wrote:
> Hi, lately I developed a module for webmin in php and I will let it
> available (GPL) within few days and others may follow, but first I would
> like to understand where should I place things correctly.
> 
> I thought to create a subdir 'php' of webmin main directory (/usr/share/webmin
> in Debian) and to put there the php library and some more file needed (eg.:
> a simple javascript file to add tooltips). This would be different from
> leaving web-lib.php in main dir that is the model used now. Would that be a
> reasonable choice?

You could use a subdirectory, although it would make more sense in the long term
to put the files in the webmin root directory if they are going to be included
in the main distribution. A subdirectory should work perfectly for now though,
and would make their distribution easier ..

> I also made some functions that are much more general than simply for
> webmin (eg.: a form generator), maybe I should put them under /usr/lib/php4?
>
> Copywrite issue: I changed a little the version of web-lib.php I found on
> the site but I don't see any copywright not in the file so I don't know if
> I'm entitled to modify and put it in a GPL module. (Jamie do you have a
> private address of the author or can you ask him to contact me?)

The guy who originally developed it was
Nicolas FAURANT <nic...@qu...>

> As a last issue: is there some security concern why I should fear php with
> webmin more than perl?

  - Jamie

librabries for PHP and a module: where to put things?

[Sandro D. <san...@ti...>]

Hi, lately I developed a module for webmin in php and I will let it
available (GPL) within few days and others may follow, but first I would
like to understand where should I place things correctly.

I thought to create a subdir 'php' of webmin main directory (/usr/share/webmin
in Debian) and to put there the php library and some more file needed (eg.:
a simple javascript file to add tooltips). This would be different from
leaving web-lib.php in main dir that is the model used now. Would that be a
reasonable choice?

I also made some functions that are much more general than simply for
webmin (eg.: a form generator), maybe I should put them under /usr/lib/php4?

Copywrite issue: I changed a little the version of web-lib.php I found on
the site but I don't see any copywright not in the file so I don't know if
I'm entitled to modify and put it in a GPL module. (Jamie do you have a
private address of the author or can you ask him to contact me?)

As a last issue: is there some security concern why I should fear php with
webmin more than perl?

Thanks in advance.

sandro
*:-)

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Re: Question for common_functions

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Gehrigal - Webminprojects wrote:
> Hi All!
> 
> 1.Is there a common function to upload and saving files?
>   I only found the file_chooser_button function.

There is no function for this, but it is pretty simple.
You just need to create a form like :

<form action=upload.cgi method=post enctype=multipart/form-data>
<input type=file name=data>
</form>

And then in upload.cgi, call the &ReadParseMime(); function instead
of the usual ReadParse. The contents of the uploaded file will be
available in $in{'data'}

> 2. I Create a module, that creates a file. This file yould be downloaded by
> webminuser. How can i do this?

My usual solution is to have a CGI program output a MIME content-type header
that is not viewable by the browser, like so :

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: application/octet-stream\n\n";
print $contents_of_the_file;

This will force the browser to open a 'save file' window ..

  - Jamie

Question for common_functions

[Gehrigal - W. <we...@ge...>]

Hi All!

1.Is there a common function to upload and saving files?
  I only found the file_chooser_button function.


2. I Create a module, that creates a file. This file yould be downloaded by
webminuser. How can i do this?


Thanks!


bye


Alexander

hello i want some help

[sheikh o. <om...@li...>]

hi

i want to run a part of webmin  from the apache webserver by hosting some scripts in the cgi-bin directory ..like shutdown and reboot portion...What additional configuration should i do inorder to achieve  this...
Please help me .

omer
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Re: %::config oddity with 'useradmin_update.pl'

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Wil Cooley wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 17:28, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>What I usually have in my useradmin_update.pl script is a line at the top like :
>>
>>do 'mymodule-lib.pl';
>>
>>and in mymodule-lib.pl, lines like :
>>
>>do '../web-lib.pl';
>>&init_config();
>>
>>This sets %config just fine for me. require shouldn't be used in this case, because
>>Perl will not actually re-read web-lib.pl if it thinks that it has been require'd before!
> 
> 
> Should I infer then that I should be able to use "do" instead of
> 'require' in my useradmin_update.pl and have it work, or is there some
> Perl black magic I'm missing that makes chained "do"'s somehow
> different?

No black magic .. you should be able to use

do '../web-lib.pl';
&init_config();

in your useradmin_update.pl script with no problems.

  - Jamie

Re: %::config oddity with 'useradmin_update.pl'

[Wil C. <wc...@na...>]

On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 17:28, Jamie Cameron wrote:


> What I usually have in my useradmin_update.pl script is a line at the top=
 like :
>=20
> do 'mymodule-lib.pl';
>=20
> and in mymodule-lib.pl, lines like :
>=20
> do '../web-lib.pl';
> &init_config();
>=20
> This sets %config just fine for me. require shouldn't be used in this cas=
e, because
> Perl will not actually re-read web-lib.pl if it thinks that it has been r=
equire'd before!

Should I infer then that I should be able to use "do" instead of
'require' in my useradmin_update.pl and have it work, or is there some
Perl black magic I'm missing that makes chained "do"'s somehow
different?

Wil
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Re: %::config oddity with 'useradmin_update.pl'

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Wil Cooley wrote:
> I've noticed that although the docs say
> 
>     When your functions are called, they will be in the context of your
>     module.    This means that your useradmin_update.pl script can
>     require the file of common functions used by other CGI programs. The
>     functions can perform any action you like in order to update other
>     config files or whatever, but should not generate any output on
>     STDOUT, or take too long to execute. 
>     
> that having
> 
> require "../web-lib.pl" ;
> &init_config() ;
> 
> at the top of the script DID NOT actually pull in my module's
> configuration information.  At least, it wasn't available within my
> useradmin_*_user subroutines.  My subroutines actually test for
> automatic creation being enabled before running, so I noticed right away
> they weren't actually running.  I did a hash dump to verify and the keys
> in %::config seem to actually be the configured keys from 'useradmin'.
> 
> I found I was able to get my module's %::config if is put the 'require'
> and 'init_config' at the beginning of my subroutines.  However, I fear I
> might be causing untoward side-effects, because after doing this, the
> "Return to" link at the bottom of the user add and delete response pages
> actually points to my module, not the useradmin module! 
> 
> This is with 0.98 installed; I don't see anything mentioned in the
> change log about this.

What I usually have in my useradmin_update.pl script is a line at the top like :

do 'mymodule-lib.pl';

and in mymodule-lib.pl, lines like :

do '../web-lib.pl';
&init_config();

This sets %config just fine for me. require shouldn't be used in this case, because
Perl will not actually re-read web-lib.pl if it thinks that it has been require'd before!

  - Jamie

%::config oddity with 'useradmin_update.pl'

[Wil C. <wc...@na...>]

I've noticed that although the docs say

    When your functions are called, they will be in the context of your
    module.    This means that your useradmin_update.pl script can
    require the file of common functions used by other CGI programs. The
    functions can perform any action you like in order to update other
    config files or whatever, but should not generate any output on
    STDOUT, or take too long to execute.=20
   =20
that having

require "../web-lib.pl" ;
&init_config() ;

at the top of the script DID NOT actually pull in my module's
configuration information.  At least, it wasn't available within my
useradmin_*_user subroutines.  My subroutines actually test for
automatic creation being enabled before running, so I noticed right away
they weren't actually running.  I did a hash dump to verify and the keys
in %::config seem to actually be the configured keys from 'useradmin'.

I found I was able to get my module's %::config if is put the 'require'
and 'init_config' at the beginning of my subroutines.  However, I fear I
might be causing untoward side-effects, because after doing this, the
"Return to" link at the bottom of the user add and delete response pages
actually points to my module, not the useradmin module!=20

This is with 0.98 installed; I don't see anything mentioned in the
change log about this.

Wil
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Problem with Filemanager

[Jack J. <tr...@ho...>]

Hi gurus

When I first installed Webmin on my Red Hat Linux 7.3 Filemanager within 
Webmin worked fine. After I have compiled a new kernel and made some other 
adjustments (which I don´t remember all), Filemanager is very slow. To edit 
or upload a file take an awful time. A 2 mb file could take one hour. Is 
there some service which I have disabled who needs to run?. Or did I forgot 
something when I compiled the new kernel? (2.4.19). I would be very happy if 
someone could help me with this problem. I am running both Webmin and 
Filemanager in the latest version. The box which Webmin is running on acts 
like a firewall and router with 3 nics (10 mb) attached to it. One is for a 
dmz.

Thanks
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Re: setrgid() not implemented at

[<mar...@fa...>]

On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Jamie Cameron wrote:

Thank you for your quick reply Jamie.
And thx for all the good work you do with these apps.

Marc

> 
> mar...@fa... wrote:
> > Hai, within the useradmin all pages i try to access
> > return the following error :
> > 
> > Error - Perl execution failed
> > setrgid() not implemented at ../web-lib.pl line
2840.
> > Compilation failed in require at
> > /usr/local/usermin-0.960/mysql/index.cgi line 5.
> > 
> > This is for MySQL, the same happens for readmail
etc.
> > 
> > I am running OpenBSD 3.1 and perl 5.6.1
> > 
> > Appreciate any help as I am a starter.
> 
> This problem was recently reported by another user ..
> Apparently, it only effects some BSD systems. To fix
> it, install
> the latest development version of Usermin from :
> <a
href="http://mail.famboom.com/jump/http://www.webmin.com/devel/tarballs/usermin-0.963.tar.gz">http://www.webmin.com/devel/tarballs/usermin-0.963.tar.gz</a>
> 
>   - Jamie
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: setrgid() not implemented at

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

mar...@fa... wrote:
> Hai, within the useradmin all pages i try to access
> return the following error :
> 
> Error - Perl execution failed
> setrgid() not implemented at ../web-lib.pl line 2840.
> Compilation failed in require at
> /usr/local/usermin-0.960/mysql/index.cgi line 5.
> 
> This is for MySQL, the same happens for readmail etc.
> 
> I am running OpenBSD 3.1 and perl 5.6.1
> 
> Appreciate any help as I am a starter.

This problem was recently reported by another user ..
Apparently, it only effects some BSD systems. To fix it, install
the latest development version of Usermin from :
http://www.webmin.com/devel/tarballs/usermin-0.963.tar.gz

  - Jamie

setrgid() not implemented at

[<mar...@fa...>]

Hai, within the useradmin all pages i try to access
return the following error :

Error - Perl execution failed
setrgid() not implemented at ../web-lib.pl line 2840.
Compilation failed in require at
/usr/local/usermin-0.960/mysql/index.cgi line 5.

This is for MySQL, the same happens for readmail etc.

I am running OpenBSD 3.1 and perl 5.6.1

Appreciate any help as I am a starter.

Thanks

Re: A Problem with useradmin

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Hubert Krause wrote:
> Hello List,
> 
> I currently developing an Script to automate the creation of Webaccounts. I 
> use the "running a script after changes" feature of the usermin there for. 
> 
> One Task of my Script is the creation of a different Username vor the same, 
> just before with useradmin created UID, but the Problem is, that the script 
> is running before useradmin release the locks onto the passwd Files. In my 
> script I use the useradd and userdel tools delivered with SuSE-Linux, wich  
> won't work with locked passwd-files.
> 
> Is it possible to change the order, first release the Lock and then do the 
> script, or is there a good reason for the current order?

There is no good reason for the current order :)
I will have webmin unlock the files before running the 'after' command
in the next release ..

  - Jamie

A Problem with useradmin

[Hubert K. <huk...@gm...>]

Hello List,

I currently developing an Script to automate the creation of Webaccounts.=
 I=20
use the "running a script after changes" feature of the usermin there for=
=2E=20

One Task of my Script is the creation of a different Username vor the sam=
e,=20
just before with useradmin created UID, but the Problem is, that the scri=
pt=20
is running before useradmin release the locks onto the passwd Files. In m=
y=20
script I use the useradd and userdel tools delivered with SuSE-Linux, wic=
h =20
won't work with locked passwd-files.

Is it possible to change the order, first release the Lock and then do th=
e=20
script, or is there a good reason for the current order?

greetings,

Hubert
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Re: patch for quota package on debian

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

J=F8rgen Hermanrud Fjeld wrote:

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>=20
> Hi.
> The quota package in debian unstable doesn't contain the quotaoff packa=
ge.
> When webmin's quota package checks for quotaon and quotaoff, it fails t=
o=20
> recognize that the quotapackage is installed. Checking for quotaon howe=
ver=20
> will give the correct result.
> This is the patch against debian-linux-lib.pl
> *****************
> l
> 7c7
> < if (&has_command("quotaon") && &has_command("quotaoff")) {
> - ---
>=20
>>if (&has_command("quotaon") ) {
>>
> *****************
>=20
> - -- =20
>  Sincerely
>  J=F8rgen Hermanrud Fjeld

If there is no quotaoff command, how can quotas be disabled for a filesys=
tem?

I suspect that webmin will need more than just that fix ..

  - Jamie

patch for quota package on debian

[<jh...@he...>]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Hi.
The quota package in debian unstable doesn't contain the quotaoff package.
When webmin's quota package checks for quotaon and quotaoff, it fails to 
recognize that the quotapackage is installed. Checking for quotaon however 
will give the correct result.
This is the patch against debian-linux-lib.pl
*****************
l
7c7
< if (&has_command("quotaon") && &has_command("quotaoff")) {
- ---
> if (&has_command("quotaon") ) {
*****************

- -- 


 Sincerely
 Jørgen Hermanrud Fjeld

 jh...@he...


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Re: Developing with Python (Was: developing with php)

[Sandro D. <san...@ti...>]

On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 07:43:55PM -0700, Wil Cooley wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 22:12, Joe Cooper wrote:
>  
> > Whoah!  I had no idea web-lib had been ported to PHP.  I knew there was 
> > a Python port, though.  I didn't even know PHP could be run standalone 
> > (I thought it had to have a module in the webserver...shows how much I 
> > know about PHP).

I tried it and it seem to work, not all functions have been ported but this
is not a real problem. It needs python2.2: I had problems w/ python 2.1 and
the author suggested me to use 2.2. 

Yesterday I noticed that it doesn't work if you have texttitles defined (no
matter if is 0 or 1), but it shouldn't be difficult to fix it.

It you download the tarball you'll see an example of a (very little) module.

sandro
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Re: Developing with Python (Was: developing with php)

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

Wil Cooley wrote:

> On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 22:12, Joe Cooper wrote:
>  
> 
>>Whoah!  I had no idea web-lib had been ported to PHP.  I knew there was 
>>a Python port, though.  I didn't even know PHP could be run standalone 
>>(I thought it had to have a module in the webserver...shows how much I 
>>know about PHP).
>>
> 
> Anyone know how far along this project it?  I'd really love to develop
> with Python, but the last time I looked, it was nowhere near completion.


Have a look at http://www.cendio.se/~peter/python-webmin/
I'm not sure how far along it is though ..

  - Jamie

Developing with Python (Was: developing with php)

[Wil C. <wc...@na...>]

On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 22:12, Joe Cooper wrote:
=20
> Whoah!  I had no idea web-lib had been ported to PHP.  I knew there was=20
> a Python port, though.  I didn't even know PHP could be run standalone=20
> (I thought it had to have a module in the webserver...shows how much I=20
> know about PHP).

Anyone know how far along this project it?  I'd really love to develop
with Python, but the last time I looked, it was nowhere near completion.

Wil
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