[dev] Mottle and motd.php

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Mike Cochrane <mike at graftonhall.co.nz>:

> > ----- Message from brian.dube at gotgoat.com ---------
> >
> > How should Mottle interact with existing motd.php files?
> >
> > Brian
>
> I would see Mottle profiding an motd API call, I think Horde and any
> other app
> (may be Jonah) that want's to provide motd's should also implement this.
>
> Jonah could provide a 'current weather here', or a 'todays forcast' or
> something
> usefull like that, I guess.
>
> So Horde would have an motd API call that is enabled by default in the
> registry.
> If Mottle was used then you'd comment out the Horde one and uncomment the
> Mottle line to registry the motd API to mottle.
>
> The login pages of Horde, IMP and anything else that handles logins would
> call
> the motd api call to find out what to display to the users on their
> pages.

And if already someone's working on it, it would be great if a motd would
also be possible for transparent auth drivers.
In this case it would perhaps better integrate with the tos maintenance
task. At least worth a look.

Jan.

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