explain more please On Feb 15, 10:35 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote: > what if i want my server to host ssh mercurial repositories ? > > -Thadeus > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:32 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > I am not suggesting that as a general solution. What I have in mind is > > an appliance with a single account (root or whatever). The root > > password is the only parameter set by the hosting provider and > > communicated to the user. The user never ssh into the vps. He instead > > uses the provided password to login into web2py admin and changes the > > web2py admin password (not the root password). From that moment on > > web2py works as usual. We could provide enough web2py tools to > > completely manage the vm from inside. > > > On Feb 15, 9:20 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote: > >> Potential security risk validating against root. but a user account > >> definitely. > > >> -Thadeus > > >> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 7:46 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > >> > Currently in admin you login using a password stored in the file > >> > parameters_443.py (443 is the post number). > > >> > I would like the option that if parameters_443.py contains > >> > password='posix:root' > > >> > then web2py admin authenticates the visitor using the 'root' password. > > >> > I do not know how to do it but it would be a really nice feature to > >> > have. In particular when running on a VPS. > > >> > Can anybody help? > > >> > All I would need a simple script that given a username and some text > >> > checks whether that is a the valid password for the user. > > >> > Massimo > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "web2py-users" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> > For more options, visit this group > >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "web2py-users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.
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