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[Paul Libbrecht]

Le 14 janv. 08 à 14:23, Vincent Massol a écrit :

> On Jan 14, 2008, at 2:15 PM, Paul Libbrecht wrote:
>
>> May way there was simply to read the config and see that there's  
>> an admin password (for username "superadmin") that needs to be set  
>> there by removing the comment in front of the config line.
> The official method is the one described in the installation guide.
> [...] I suggest you start with the standalone distribution. It  
> takes less than 5 minutes to get started once you've downloaded  
> either the zip or the installer.
>
> PS: Paul, there's no need to log in as superadmin since if your  
> database is empty you'll have admin rights even when not logged in.

But the database gets filled right way, doesn't it ? So we loose  
admin rights fairly easily (eg. changing browsers). I did not really  
experience what you describe, maybe I changed browsers halfway, in  
doubt that Safari or OmniWeb was imperfectly supported.

In all cases, how long should this admin right last ? The method  
seems slightly unsafe to my taste. I really prefer to take a stab at  
the config.

Most other "easy to install platforms" nowadays have a kind of wizard  
for the first-time connection which even includes the config of the  
database connection. This is at least the case of Moodle and Drupal.  
I remember a friend forwarding me:
     http://www.lullabot.com/files/Drupal5Installing.mp4
I think it the eXo platform and Jahia are other examples with a  
configurator.

Since it's a wizard, it's pretty clear that you should "hang on" (and  
not change browsers, for example!). Generally it concludes by trying  
to write its own configuration (which of course fails in some cases,  
then you're told to change the files yourself).

I don't like installers in general but I feel that a configurator is  
rather a good thing except being yet another feature wish.

paul

PS: I believe I and Morten are not the only one to mistrust Jetty. It  
may be wrong, I agree... but that must be common. Hence the  
standalone version does not come as an option.
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