[BlueOnyx:00163] Re: Third party software

[Ken Marcus - Precision Web Hosting, Inc.]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Stauber" <mstauber at blueonyx.it>
To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" <blueonyx at blueonyx.it>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:54 PM
Subject: [BlueOnyx:00162] Re: Third party software


> Hi Julliet,
>
>> With Nuonce BlueQuartz it was possible to install third party software
>> such as Joomla, Wikepedia and others on
>> the server very very fast. Is it also possible with Blueonyx ?!?
>
> You mean the NuOnce WebApp installer or "CRE Loaded" for BlueQuartz?
>
> That was a PKG bundle which allowed to quickly deploy certain web 
> applications
> into a site's webspace.
>
> I spoke with Brian about this and yes: We do want something similar for
> BlueOnyx as well. Brian sent me the sources for it and although certain 
> bits
> and pieces of the code need to be adjusted to run on BlueOnyx, it's looked
> into making it available in the somewhat longer haul.
>
> -- 
> With best regards
>
> Michael Stauber



It would be nice to have the installers available on the BlueOnyx.

I currently have it turned off on my servers.  The problem with the 
existing versions is that they install everything with a default password of 
something like "password".  That is a problem for me since some customers 
installed them (in the default directory) to see what they look like, and 
they leave the default password. It's a pain when hackers find these 
unprotected applications like PHPList and use them to send spam.

So, my suggestions for the installer are:
1. That it would set a good password
2. That it would add limiters like openbasedir for the specific directory it 
is installing in.

For example, for phpbb I normally add this to the include file for the site:
E.g. /etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/site97.include

<Directory  /home/.sites/104/site97/web/cgi-bin/phpbb>
    php_flag register_globals off
    php_admin_value open_basedir 
/home/.sites/104/site97/web/cgi-bin/phpbb:/home/tmp:/tmp:/usr/bin/pear:/usr/share/pear:/var/lib/php/session
    php_admin_value allow_url_fopen Off
    php_admin_value allow_url_include Off
</Directory>





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Ken Marcus
Ecommerce Web Hosting by
Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
http://www.precisionweb.net