Thread: [webmin-devel] Dectecting if used in Usermin or Webmin (theme)?

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[webmin-devel] Dectecting if used in Usermin or Webmin (theme)?

From: Carsten <car...@fo...> - 2003-10-23 22:34:09

Hello,
i currently write a Usermin/Webmin module with the python-webmin api
from http://www.cendio.se/~peter/python-webmin/
I had to make some changes in mscstyle3/theme.py to use it in Usermin,
but not very much, so it can be simply used in Usermin and Webmin, by
changing one var (for one if/else case)
Is there way of (auto) detecting if the theme file (or a module) is used
in Webmin or in Usermin?
(I know, that there is the programname in the language files, but i that
might not always work)

bye,
Carsten

[webmin-devel] Dectecting if used in Usermin or Webmin (theme)?

From: Carsten <car...@fo...> - 2003-10-24 03:33:34

Hello,
i currently write a Usermin/Webmin module with the python-webmin api 
from http://www.cendio.se/~peter/python-webmin/
I had to make some changes in mscstyle3/theme.py to use it in Usermin, 
but not very much, so it can be simply used in Usermin and Webmin, by
changing one var (for one if/else case)
Is there way of (auto) detecting if the theme file (or a module) is used 
in Webmin or in Usermin?
(I know, that there is the programname in the language files, but i that 
might not always work)

bye,
Carsten

Re: [webmin-devel] Dectecting if used in Usermin or Webmin (theme)?

From: Jamie C. <jca...@we...> - 2003-10-23 22:53:58

On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 08:30, Carsten wrote:
> Hello,
> i currently write a Usermin/Webmin module with the python-webmin api
> from http://www.cendio.se/~peter/python-webmin/
> I had to make some changes in mscstyle3/theme.py to use it in Usermin,
> but not very much, so it can be simply used in Usermin and Webmin, by
> changing one var (for one if/else case)
> Is there way of (auto) detecting if the theme file (or a module) is used
> in Webmin or in Usermin?
> (I know, that there is the programname in the language files, but i that
> might not always work)

The method I usually use is to have two separate module.info files, one
for the webmin module and one for usermin. The usermin file has
usermin=1 in it, while the webmin file does not. Your code can then
check for this, and behave appropriately. In perl web/usermin modules
this is really easy - the global hash %module_info contains all the
optoins from module.info for the current module, so you can use code
like :

if ($module_info{'usermin'}) {
	# usermin stuff
	}
else {
	# webmin stuff
	}

 - Jamie

[webmin-devel] Webmin feature enhancement idea to recover from mistakes

From: Andrew K. <ak...@ra...> - 2003-10-24 08:49:07

I recently had the misfortune of making a mistake in my network settings
which in turn had the effect of disconnecting me from my server which is
at a remote location. Eventually someone was able to manually come in
and correct my mistake, but, it occurred to me that a possible soution to
this kind of problem would be to have a mechanism by which changes
are not permanent unless they are confirmed through a transparent
webmin confirmation process. By this I mean, when a change is made
it would revert to a previous setting unless one where to confirm by
logging in again or by clicking a confirm setting when you login again.
So, say I make a drastic mistake in my network configuration. The setting
is made, the network restarts, I lose the connection! Ofcourse, if I have
no connection, I cannot confirm, thus my ass is saved!! Hurray!! The
confirmation might be an interval set by the user. It could be a 10 minute
default
or something. I know that webmin has a caching mechanism built in,
perhaps this would be something like that where it would be used to
recover from a mistake? Perhaps this would be useful in other modules
as well. Perhaps you might lose you web server or database or something.
I don't know, would this be feasible? I can't be the only one that makes
this
kind of mistake. Since this interface is so dependent on a functioning
network, perhaps it would be useful? It could also be an optional feature
only. A feature that might save someone from losing their job! Just a
thought.

-Andrew Kornak