Re: Status - Mailing list pgsql-www

On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Ewald Geschwinde wrote:

> Thats just what I mean
> II don't have rights to set an environment up like this
>
> So can anyone make this for me
>
> This will be needed for the admin of news and events for the
> wwwdevel.postgresql.org

I have an easier way if everything's in php.  A couple of them actually.
But nothing stops you from creating a subdir, putting a .htaccess in it
and pointing to a file in your homedir provided it's group writable so
others can change their passwords or add a user or whatever.


>
> Refards Ewald
>
> Dave Page schrieb:
>
> > For the pgAdmin site (on the other server), I use a simple .htaccess
> > system for controlling access to the admin pages. It's just a file
> > (.htaccess) that lives in a directory and tells apache to grant access
> > to users in the given password file. The password file is setup by an
> > apache utility called htpasswd.
> >
> > It's very simple, but does the job without requiring any special code.
> >
> > Let me know if I should set it up - I guess the people who might
> > approve items would be (based on the fact that we already make
> > decisions on what goes on the various sites):
> >
> > Marc Fournier
> > Vince Vielhaber
> > Justin Clift
> > Dave Page
> > Bruce Momjian
> >
> > Regards, Dave.
> >
> >     -----Original Message-----
> >     From: Ewald Geschwinde [mailto:webmaster@geschwinde.net]
> >     Sent: 15 November 2002 14:04
> >     To: Dave Page
> >     Cc: Justin Clift; pgsql-www-main@postgresql.org; Marc G. Fournier
> >     Subject: Re: [pgsql-www-main] Status
> >
> >     Maybe I'm to silly but I don't know exactly what you mean
> >
> >     How do you check the users?
> >
> >     Per apache or per application
> >
> >     .htaccess and htpasswd are apache things but they can be use with
> >     mod_auth
> >
> >     please bring light to my dark place :-)
> >     Ewald
> >
> >
> >
> >     Dave Page schrieb:
> >
> >>     Not yet, do you want me to create one, or are you happy with
> >>     .htaccess and htpasswd?
> >>
> >>     Regards, Dave.
> >>
> >>         -----Original Message-----
> >>         From: Ewald Geschwinde [mailto:webmaster@geschwinde.net]
> >>         Sent: 15 November 2002 10:43
> >>         To: Justin Clift
> >>         Cc: Dave Page; pgsql-www-main@postgresql.org; Marc G. Fournier
> >>         Subject: Re: [pgsql-www-main] Status
> >>
> >>         ok will think about it
> >>
> >>         the link of the advocacy page is updatet
> >>
> >>         Is there already a secure web area where I can save the
> >>         administration tool for the news,events???
> >>
> >>         Ewald
> >>
> >>
> >>         Justin Clift schrieb:
> >>
> >>>Hi Ewald,
> >>>
> >>>Ewald Geschwinde wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Jobs site???
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>Yep.  jobs.postgresql.org
> >>>
> >>>A place for people to be able to know what PostgreSQL related jobs are
> >>>around, therefore encouraging community growth by increasing the
> >>>employment opportunities for PostgreSQL skilled people.  :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Maybe I can help with this to get this things out faster
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>If you want to do so, that would be great.  Robert may have ideas on
> >>>this as well, but not sure.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Will it be also an php-site?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>The old site started out that way, but didn't get very far.
> >>>
> >>>If we're going to re-start completely, our options are flexible.
> >>>
> >>>:-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>The gborg does look good to me
> >>>>
> >>>>I will place the advocacy link behind "What Is"
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>Cool.
> >>>
> >>>:-)
> >>>
> >>>Regards and best wishes,
> >>>
> >>>Justin Clift
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Ewald
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
>


Vince.
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