[dev] setup/config

[Marko Djukic]

Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

> Quoting Marko Djukic <marko at oblo.com>:
>
> > Quoting Jon Wood <jon at jellybob.co.uk>:
> >
> > > On Sun, 2003-04-06 at 23:30, Marko Djukic wrote:
> > > [...snip...]
> > > > what are the alternatives?
> > > > - how can we stick with the browser as the user-friendly install
> > mechanism?
> > > is
> > > > there a way to get around the file-system write permissions? if
> > anyone has
> > > used
> > > > cups, how do they do that browser based user/pass authentication to
> > modify
> > > the
> > > > file system? is it that they have a mini-webserver as part of their
> > code?
> > > could
> > > > we use a dedicated mini-webserver as part of the "admin" package for
> > horde?
> > > a
> > > > good example could be the nanoweb server written in php (main code
> > base
> > > only
> > > > 60kb from what i can tell).
> > > > - use something like phpgtk?
> > > > - use dialog/whiptail type of dialog managers? anything available for
> > > windows?
> > > >
> > > > i personally like the idea of a dedicated mini-webserver at first
> > glance.
> > > it
> > > > maintains the clean web-oriented code, seems like a secure option
> > (run on a
> > > > secure port, behind a firewall, ask for user auth, etc etc), and a
> > > relatively
> > > > small increase in code (60kb, whilst i'm already at 20kb with the
> > > unfinished
> > > > CLI code and it's looking crap).
> > > >
> > > How about doing what forwards/vacation do, and ftp it into place? I'm
> > > assuming that most people will have FTP access to their web server, and
> > > that those who don't, have someone available to help them out.
> > >
> > > Jon
> > > > marko
> >
> > i'm looking primarily for an interface to setup/config a horde
> > installation. and
> > one that solves the problem of having webserver writeable files. with ftp
> > you're still breaking apart the config process into a UI and physically
> > getting
> > the files on the server.
>
> Maybe it's too early in the morning for me, but can you elaborate what the
> difference is between what you want and what Jon proposed?
> Btw, we could even use a VFS_ftp instance to get and write the configuration
> files, making the process even more transparent.
>
> Jan.
no it was too late at night for me, rereading i just figured out what jon meant
with ftp. yes sounds good actually. i'll try and put together a test later.

m.