Bug#658861: ITP: adminer -- Light weight Web based database administration

2012-02-07 Thread Medhamsh
Hi, On Tue, February 7, 2012 3:09 pm, Tanguy Ortolo wrote: > It could be named db-adminer, but my opinion is that we should rather > keep the upstream name adminer. The short description, long description and > debtags will be enough to clearly indicate that this is a database > administration to

Bug#658861: ITP: adminer -- Light weight Web based database administration

2012-02-07 Thread Tanguy Ortolo
Medhamsh, 2012-02-07 15:03+0530: > > In any case, maybe the package could be renamed to reflect that this > > is not an "adminer", but a mysql-adminer? > > Martin, that would be a good idea. But adminer can be used to adminster > MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MS SQL and Oracle. It could be named db-

Bug#658861: ITP: adminer -- Light weight Web based database administration

2012-02-07 Thread Medhamsh
Hi, On Tue, February 7, 2012 2:41 pm, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Medhamsh [2012.02.07.1016 +0100]: >> It is only a database administration tool. Any database user >> can login and create/edit tables etc. > > I wish I hadn't said anything. > > > In any case, maybe the package could be re

Bug#658861: ITP: adminer -- Light weight Web based database administration

2012-02-07 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Medhamsh [2012.02.07.1016 +0100]: > It is only a database administration tool. Any database user > can login and create/edit tables etc. I wish I hadn't said anything. In any case, maybe the package could be renamed to reflect that this is not an "adminer", but a mysql-adminer? --

Bug#658861: ITP: adminer -- Light weight Web based database administration

2012-02-07 Thread Medhamsh
On Tue, February 7, 2012 2:26 pm, Tanguy Ortolo wrote: > martin f krafft, 2012-02-07 09:24+0100: >> I may well be wrong, but how else would it be used to administer >> a system? > > This is only a database administration tool, not a system administration > one like Webmin. Medhamsh, can you confir

Bug#658861: ITP: adminer -- Light weight Web based database administration

2012-02-07 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tanguy Ortolo [2012.02.07.0956 +0100]: > > I may well be wrong, but how else would it be used to administer > > a system? > > This is only a database administration tool, not a system administration > one like Webmin. Medhamsh, can you confirm? In that case, I really did confuse this

Bug#658861: ITP: adminer -- Light weight Web based database administration

2012-02-07 Thread Tanguy Ortolo
martin f krafft, 2012-02-07 09:24+0100: > I may well be wrong, but how else would it be used to administer > a system? This is only a database administration tool, not a system administration one like Webmin. Medhamsh, can you confirm? -- ,--. : /` ) Tanguy Ortolo | `-'Debian Developer

Bug#658861: ITP: adminer -- Light weight Web based database administration

2012-02-07 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Tanguy Ortolo [2012.02.07.0847 +0100]: > Does it actually run as root? This being a database administration tool, > I do not see why it would require root privileges, and it should be able > to work just fine as www-data. I may well be wrong, but how else would it be used to administe

Bug#658861: ITP: adminer -- Light weight Web based database administration

2012-02-06 Thread Tanguy Ortolo
martin f krafft, 2012-02-06 16:11+0100: > With audit I meant: the code runs as root. Did someone ever check > the code for security bugs? Does it actually run as root? This being a database administration tool, I do not see why it would require root privileges, and it should be able to work just f

Bug#658861: ITP: adminer -- Light weight Web based database administration

2012-02-06 Thread Medhamsh
On Mon, February 6, 2012 8:41 pm, martin f krafft wrote: > With audit I meant: the code runs as root. Did someone ever check > the code for security bugs? Oh, this. Along with me If some one else could do it, it would be a better checkpoint. I will write more if I encounter any. May be I should r

Bug#658861: ITP: adminer -- Light weight Web based database administration

2012-02-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Medhamsh [2012.02.06.1614 +0100]: > Audited as in where? I spent some time on reading about it and it's website > gives a comparison matrix of phpMyAdmin and adminer. There were some issues > stated in phpMyAdmin which refer to Clickjacking and referer leakage. It > also showed that th

Bug#658861: ITP: adminer -- Light weight Web based database administration

2012-02-06 Thread Medhamsh
On Mon, February 6, 2012 7:59 pm, martin f krafft wrote: > Yes there can be. But PHP-based web administration of Linux systems, > inherently requiring root access, remain a nightmare. The risks are IMHO > huge and a distro like Debian might want to ask itself whether protecting > its users might n

Bug#658861: ITP: adminer -- Light weight Web based database administration

2012-02-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Medhamsh [2012.02.06.1520 +0100]: > On Mon, February 6, 2012 7:31 pm, martin f krafft wrote: > > This just sounds like one massive nightmare. I wish phpMyAdmin would > > instead be removed. > > Usually, cant there be different packages for the same purpose? I believe > I have seen som

Bug#658861: ITP: adminer -- Light weight Web based database administration

2012-02-06 Thread Medhamsh
Hello, I have been personally using this for some time. I also used phpMyAdmin previously. I thought this package is worth getting into Debian repos. On Mon, February 6, 2012 7:31 pm, martin f krafft wrote: > This just sounds like one massive nightmare. I wish phpMyAdmin would > instead be remove

Bug#658861: ITP: adminer -- Light weight Web based database administration

2012-02-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach medhamsh [2012.02.06.1432 +0100]: > Adminer (formerly phpMinAdmin) is a full-featured database management > tool written in PHP. Conversely to phpMyAdmin, it consist of a single > file ready to deploy to the target server. This just sounds like one massive nightmare. I wish phpMyAd

Bug#658861: ITP: adminer -- Light weight Web based database administration

2012-02-06 Thread medhamsh
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: medhamsh * Package name: adminer Version : 3.3.3 Upstream Author : Jakub Vrana * URL : http://adminer.org * License : (GPL, Apache) Programming Lang: (PHP) Description : Light weight Web based database administr