[geeklog-devel] Strange storage of strings (and other data) ingl_conf_values

[Mark R. Evans]

Jessica,

I'm going to make a couple of assumptions, hopefully they are valid.

1. I assume you upgraded an existing GL141 site to the latest CVS 
snapshot?  If that is true, I'm assuming when GL141 was installed, it 
created the standard admin login called Admin with a password of 
'password'.  That user should still be valid?

2. Since you are using the upgraded GL150cvs code, none of your remote 
authentication code is in place yet, hence the ability to login locally 
using Admin/password.

If these assumptions are invalid, then you may need to take a new approach 
to setting up your GL150cvs development system.  You might be better off 
creating a completely new site from scratch, running the standard install 
and letting the install create the local Admin user.  From there, you can 
then start porting your LDAP remote authentication code and probably 
address the questions you've already asked, how to convey root privileges 
to a remote user.

Good luck!
Mark

On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Blank, Jessica wrote:

> Danke. I still don't know how to create a root login though. How can I
> do this? And what if I use remote authentication; how do I confer root
> powers to a user authenticated via a remote system?
>
> ________________________________
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> From: geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net
> [mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net] On Behalf Of Mark R.
> Evans
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 3:02 PM
> To: Geeklog Development
> Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] Strange storage of strings (and other data)
> ingl_conf_values
>
>
> Jessica,
>
> Look for the neat new link under Admins Only called Configuration.  From
> there, you can change it all!
>
> Thanks!
> Mark
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Blank, Jessica
> <Jessica.Blank at mtvnmix.com> wrote:
>
>
> 	Ja, and I was trying to do just this. However, this sort of
> thing used
> 	to go in 'config.php'... And, well, I don't know any way to
> change it
> 	now.
>
> 	See, the default site name is 'Another Nifty Geeklog Site' and,
> well....
> 	I did a recursive grep for this string, and couldn't find any
> new .php
> 	file where this string existed.
>
> 	So, if I'm not supposed to change it in the database, if I'm
> supposed to
> 	change it via $_CONF... Then where am I supposed to change it?
> And
> 	please don't say "public_html/siteconfig.php"; this file says,
> right at
> 	the top, "You should not need to edit this file. See the
> installation
> 	instructions for details".
>
> 	Said installation instructions still reference config.php, which
> is no
> 	longer being used...
>
> 	So I have no idea where I'm SUPPOSED to change these settings,
> if not by
> 	manually changing them in the database. :/
>
> 	--Jessica
>
>
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From: geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net
> 	[mailto:geeklog-devel-bounces at lists.geeklog.net] On Behalf Of
> Joe
> 	Mucchiello
> 	Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 1:45 PM
> 	To: Geeklog Development
> 	Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] Strange storage of strings (and
> other data)
> 	in gl_conf_values
>
> 	At 01:14 PM 3/3/2008, Blank, Jessica wrote:
> 	>Hello gang:
> 	>
> 	>         I am working to port my LDAP authentication class to
> the
> 	> latest (as of today, Monday, 3/3/2008) CVS version of geeklog.
> In the
> 	> process, I noticed something odd in the database. In
> gl_conf_values,
> 	> strings aren't stored as 'foo', they're stored like
> 's:3:"foo";',
> 	> where 3 is the length of the string 'foo'.
> 	>
> 	>         Why is this done? It seems unnecessary. Can't the
> length of a
> 	> string be determined with a simple strlen()?
>
> 	gl_conf_values can store anything so everything is serialize'd
> before
> 	storage[1]. You should not do any queries against
> gl_conf_values. You
> 	should be using $_CONF['whatever'] to reference configuration
> data like
> 	you do in 1.4.1.
>
> 	[1] http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php
>
>
> 	----
> 	Joe Mucchiello
> 	Throwing Dice Games
> 	http://www.throwingdice.com
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