Error Handling/Reporting

2003-06-17 Thread Martin Moss
All, I've been hunting the web for mechanisms whereby I can trap errors from my mod perl objects and report them back to a user nicely, log them AND possibly send reports back to me. Before I started hunting I thought it would be a simple process to use the eval mechanism to run my scripts and th

Re: Can't call method "is_initial_req" without a package or object reference at .........

2003-06-17 Thread Martin Moss
Thanks Geoffrey. Marty - Original Message - From: "Geoffrey Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Martin Moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 4:23 PM Subject: Re: Can't call method "is_initi

Re: Can't call method "is_initial_req" without a package or object reference at .........

2003-06-17 Thread Martin Moss
Ok, that makes sense, thank you:-) But 'What' should I return, is $r->main the right thing to return? > > unless ($r->is_main ) > > { > > print STDERR "Apache::Request is not Main, Getting Main\n"; > > print STDERR Dumper($r); > > $r=$r->main; > > print STDERR "Main Apache::Req

Can't call method "is_initial_req" without a package or object reference at .........

2003-06-17 Thread Martin Moss
All, I'm having some problems with Apache giving me grief, or most probably me getting my knickers in a complete twist. I get the following error:- Can't call method "is_initial_req" without a package or object reference at . It seems to happen when my URL ends like this:- /somepath/16

Re: font width to pixel width in perl - but also offtopic in javascript

2003-06-05 Thread Martin Moss
Thanks, I may well have found a solution within javascript, which is then user end calculated, so more efficient and reliable, But thanks I'll remember GD for later use:-) Marty - Original Message - From: "Ken Y. Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Martin Mo

font width to pixel width in perl - but also offtopic in javascript

2003-06-05 Thread Martin Moss
Hi All, I'm sure this can't be an issue that hasn't been tackled, but I couldn't find anything in the archives so:- I'm trying to find a way in which I can calculate the pixel width of a string in a given font. I'm doing this to feed a javascript file, so I am also looking at doing this in javasc

Re: how to secure perl modules?

2003-05-30 Thread Martin Moss
Hi All, Just to throw a spanner in the works, a little while ago I came across the following Article on the Net. http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/10/15/radiator.html >From what I can tell The author of the 'radiator' product claims to have successfully shipped 'encrypted' code. I've been pondering

checking what values have been set using pnotes/notes

2003-04-04 Thread Martin Moss
All,   Is there a way to work out what values have been set using pnotes/notes, So that a cleanup Handler can dynamically clear the values, rather than only clear ones pre-programmed?   Marty  

Subclassed Apache::Request Objects and their creation/destruction

2003-04-04 Thread Martin Moss
All,I'm looking for some help with understanding how the Apache::Request objectsare created and destroyed.I have the following params set in my httpd.confKeepAlive OffPerlChildInitHandler Bficient::Apache::DBloadWhich as I understand it should mean that an apache::Request object iscreated f

Can anyone Rcommend a good Apache mailing list

2003-03-05 Thread Martin Moss
All, I'm having issues with conflicts between using Port and Listen directives for access via LAN and ssh tunnel (or proxy). Can anyone recommend a mailing list I can post my problem to? Kind Regards Marty "From les Rosbeufs to les Grenuoilles, Standing up to a bully bigger than you is bravery

Re: [error] Insecure dependency in unlink while running with-Tswitch at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/Apache/Session/Store/File.pmline106

2003-02-28 Thread Martin Moss
Thanks mate, Will re-examine the drawing board.. Marty - Original Message - From: "Perrin Harkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Martin Moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Cees Hek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, F

Re: [error] Insecure dependency in unlink while running with -Tswitch at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/Apache/Session/Store/File.pm line106

2003-02-28 Thread Martin Moss
ially as I could be operating on 100's of records. I was using Apache::Session to generate session IDs and allow me to timeout users etc... Marty - Original Message - From: "Perrin Harkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Martin Moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> C

Re: [error] Insecure dependency in unlink while running with -T switch at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/Apache/Session/Store/File.pm line 106

2003-02-28 Thread Martin Moss
Is Apache::Session::DB_type Faster than Apache::Session::File? I already use a lot of DB connections and I used Apache::Session::File to reduce this, Marty - Original Message - From: "Cees Hek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Martin Moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc:

[error] Insecure dependency in unlink while running with -T switch at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/Apache/Session/Store/File.pm line 106

2003-02-27 Thread Martin Moss
All, Can Anybody see what I'm doing wrong here? I have the following error :- [error] Insecure dependency in unlink while running with -T switch at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/Apache/Session/Store/File.pm line 106. When I run the following subroutine:- sub delete_session { my $self=shift;

Re: Browser doesn't stop loading a page

2003-02-26 Thread Martin Moss
ely not a mod_perl-related problem. > > -Fran > > > -Original Message- > > From: Chris Winters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:22 AM > > To: Martin Moss > > Cc: Apache mod_perl > > Subject: Re: Browser do

Browser doesn't stop loading a page

2003-02-26 Thread Martin Moss
All, Not much to go on I know, but has anybody ever had this problem? When I load one of my webpages the browser never stops loading, e.g. the page loads ok and I can see and interact with it, but the ie spinning globe still keeps spinning and the status bar at the bottom of the page still shows t

Re: Please wait Handler

2003-02-17 Thread Martin Moss
Thanks for all your help guys, Will have a think about it, Marty - Original Message - From: "Randal L. Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Perrin Harkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Andrew Ho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Martin Moss" <[

Please wait Handler

2003-02-14 Thread Martin Moss
All,   I was wondering if it is possible to Create a Handler that points a user at a page with an animated gif saying something like "Please wait", and then when my other handlers have finished display the page results I want from my mod perl handlers.   I guess in a nutshell I'm wondering if

Re: mysql question

2003-01-23 Thread Martin Moss
ld suggest that reading one post out of context, and then assuming I'm just randomly posting a mysql question 'out of the blue', is a little naive. Marty - Original Message - From: "Perrin Harkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Nick Tonkin" <[E

Re: mysql password encryption

2003-01-23 Thread Martin Moss
- From: "Joe Palladino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Cees Hek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Martin Moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Modperl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 3:44 PM Subject: RE: mysql password encryption >

mysql question

2003-01-23 Thread Martin Moss
slightly off topic, but is it possible to grant permissions to a user on multiple tables in one sql statement in mysql? >From mysql.com:- GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP -> ON bankaccount.* -> TO custom@localhost -> IDENTIFIED BY 'stupid'; can I do this ON b

mysql password encryption

2003-01-22 Thread Martin Moss
All, I wish to let a user use the same password for them to authenticate to a multitude of mysql Databases AND to authenticate themselves on my modperl site. the problem I have is that I store the password in the database as a Password field. However when I wish to use DBI to connect to another my

Re: modperl ttssh and port forwarding - SOLVED

2002-12-08 Thread Martin Moss
All, sorry for the trouble, I finally worked out the problem, I didn't have libproxy.so loaded on my 192.168.0.10 machine and the directive ProxyRequests On set. Now that I do it works fine, Regards Marty - Original Message - From: "Martin Moss" <[EMAIL PROTE

modperl ttssh and port forwarding

2002-12-08 Thread Martin Moss
All, I have a configuration issue, and I was wondering if anybody has had the same problem? I have an adsl gateway (192.168.0.1 & external IP) and a seperate webserver (192.168.0.10) on my home network. I want to allow a user on the internet access to my webserver. I have once before configured tt

identifying a unique browser session

2002-10-07 Thread Martin Moss
All, How would I go about identifying if a user logs in from 2 different browsers? I Have a Session object, but I want to hold data within that session object that identifies which browser a user is using. So I can confirm that a user who provides a session key in their cookie, is checked and tha

Re: Daft question - preventing the username password box from appearing.

2002-10-01 Thread Martin Moss
thanks to everyone, Geoff's post made me re-examine AuthCookie and I realised I wasn't supposed to use the get_basic_auth_pw method at all. Thanks I understand whats going on now. Cheers Marty - Original Message - From: "Lupe Christoph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Daft question - preventing the username password box from appearing.

2002-10-01 Thread Martin Moss
All, How do I change the behaviour of get_basic_auth_passwd() I do not wish to have the prompt box appear, I want to have a dynamically produced login form which when submitted carries out the users previous command (I have an authentication system which 'times out' a user) the problem I have i

Re: problem with $r->push_handlers()

2002-09-17 Thread Martin Moss
You are a star!!! I ammended your syntax slightly and did this:- my $sub_string='sub { '.$handler_bf.'($r) };'; $r->push_handlers(PerlHandler => eval $sub_string); Otherwise The handler routine of my handler module doesn't get passed the Apache object as it's first argument. It seems to work

Re: problem with $r->push_handlers()

2002-09-17 Thread Martin Moss
$varname=$1;    die "$varname is Tainted" if (&_is_tainted($varname));  }  else  {    die "Taint Check failed for $varname\n";  }  $HANDLERS{$untainted_keyname}=$varname;  print STDERR "Added $keyname = $varname\n";    }  }