[BlueOnyx:00395] Re: phpmyadmin not working?

[Ken Marcus - Precision Web Hosting, Inc.]

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From: "Rickard Osser" <rickard.osser at bluapp.com>
To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" <blueonyx at blueonyx.it>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 11:14 AM
Subject: [BlueOnyx:00394] Re: phpmyadmin not working?


> On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 10:41 +0100, Rickard Osser wrote:
>> On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 09:45 +0100, Taco Scargo wrote:
>> > Hi Rickard,
>> >
>> > > I've solved the issue of using autologin. There is an auth-method
>> > > that can be used in phpMyAdmin called signon. Using that and an auto-
>> > > form from the BQ/BO gui will get you logged in, if the credentials
>> > > are wrong you will be presented with a logon-form. I'll create a
>> > > sausalito version that will do the trick.
>> >
>> > That is great ! Looking forward to the commit :)
>> >
>> > > This also means changing
>> > > the /etc/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php to use signon instead of the http
>> > > method which in my view actually is a very ugly way to incorporate
>> > > authentication into sausalito.
>> >
>> > I agree.
>> >
>> > > PS! Anybody got some good code for creating an invisible submit 
>> > > button?
>> > Ehmmm... none ? And then calling formname.submit() in javascript in the 
>> > onload
>> > javascript handler/hook ?
>> >
>> > BOX needs JS anyway, so it does not matter if JS is turned off, BOX 
>> > admin
>> > panel will not work anyway.
>> >
>> Hi Taco,
>>
>> I do have a test-version running with javacript but it still shows a
>> blinking button... I was hoping on not having to "show" anything if it's
>> redirected correctly with authentication.
>>
> Ok!
>
> I've solved the blinking button, I've also added a sausalito look to the
> login-page. I've got two minor issues left.
>
> First issue:
> As the admin-user you won't be able to log out of phpmyadmin, you will
> be thrown back in again if you click on the logout link in phpmyadmin.
> Is this behavior desirable? If not, what should happend?
>
> Second issue:
> Now that phpmyadmin is integrated into sausalito, what should happen
> with the link /phpmyadmin? As it is it doesn't work. I might find a way
> to fix it but I don't know, because the login/signon is tied to the GUI
> which means sausalito should be fully enabled for it to work and the
> user should be logged in. We could always tie /phpmyadmin to /login and
> force the user to log in to the system before being able to access
> phpmyadmin?
>
> Regards,
>
> Rickard
>
>
>

Rickard

>> what should happen  with the link /phpmyadmin\
If possible I'd rather not have a regular /phpmyadmin at the regular url. It 
just gives another place for easy brute force password guessing attacks.



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