096 - Anonymous Users

NetAdmin · Post by **NetAdmin** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:26 pm

Howie,

Are anonymous users no longer allowed to view weathermaps? I have one weathermap that is set to be accessible by Anyone, and admin. Prior to 0.96, users could simply click on a URL (http://cacti-server/plugins/weathermap/ ... plugin.php) and view said map. In 0.96, users are seeing the "Access Denied" page. Just wondering if this is by design.

Thanks.

NetAdmin

colejv · Post by **colejv** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:33 am

Thanks for pointing this out I just noticed my anonymous users are getting access denied, the fix was easy enough though. I just added view weathermap to the guest account. I had noticed that the user permission were removed when I upgraded, I just forgot to change the guest account.

Howie · Post by **Howie** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:17 am

Hmmm... user permissions were removed? That's not right.

I also noticed that on my other install, Weathermap shows up as a 'new style' plugin, which it shouldn't. These two are probably related

My permissions on that install look fine though.

NetAdmin · Post by **NetAdmin** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:49 am

Thanks colejv! I should've looked there first, as it removed the permission on mine as well.

Howie, my weathermap plugin is showing up as Old Plugin Architecture under plugin management. Is that what you're referring to?

Howie · Post by **Howie** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:57 am

NetAdmin wrote:Thanks colejv! I should've looked there first, as it removed the permission on mine as well.

Howie, my weathermap plugin is showing up as Old Plugin Architecture under plugin management. Is that what you're referring to?

No, that's what it should be doing. My Cacti install had some old data hanging around - I've fixed it now

It shouldn't be removing permissions though.

colejv · Post by **colejv** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:38 pm

my question on this would be what happens when you try to load a plugin that apache does not have read access too, I tend to do things fast and then fix them (which is why I don't touch any language that requires compiling) , so I know loaded cacti with the weathermap files only having root:wheel read permissions.

Howie · Post by **Howie** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:14 am

colejv wrote:my question on this would be what happens when you try to load a plugin that apache does not have read access too, I tend to do things fast and then fix them (which is why I don't touch any language that requires compiling) , so I know loaded cacti with the weathermap files only having root:wheel read permissions.

Who knows. But there are at least two users that will read the plugin folder: The one that runs apache, and the one that runs the poller. Weathermap itself has requirements for WRITE access to at least the output/ directory, as the poller user.

What's wrong with just doing it right?

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