6 Dec
2012
6 Dec
'12
5:39 p.m.
Hi!
I'm looking for a receipt to display a local file inside an xwiki page.
The use case is that this is an intranet documentation provided by xwiki.
Every user in the audience has normally some configuration files in a
standardized location.
The content may differ between for each user (or concrete his
workstation). This is also the reason not to expose the files on a
webserver and use the RemoteCode marco.
Current solution is to at a link [[ConfigFile>>file:///etc.....]]
It would be nicer to display the content inside the xwiki page.
Best Regards,
H.-Dirk Schmitt
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6 Dec
6 Dec
5:44 p.m.
On 12/06/2012 11:39 AM, H.-Dirk Schmitt wrote:
Hi!
I'm looking for a receipt to display a local file inside an xwiki page.
The use case is that this is an intranet documentation provided by xwiki.
Every user in the audience has normally some configuration files in a
standardized location.
The content may differ between for each user (or concrete his
workstation). This is also the reason not to expose the files on a
webserver and use the RemoteCode marco.
Current solution is to at a link [[ConfigFile>>file:///etc.....]]
It would be nicer to display the content inside the xwiki page.
For security reasons, that kind of thing is not supposed to be doable.
Try using an iframe.
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6:02 p.m.
On 12/06/2012 05:44 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:
On 12/06/2012 11:39 AM, H.-Dirk Schmitt wrote:
It's also doable using the programming right (providing a macro for
example), but then again you must be careful what you allow (what paths,
etc.) so that users can't abuse it and display /etc/shadow or whatever
they fancy.
Jerome.
Hi!
I'm looking for a receipt to display a local file inside an xwiki page.
The use case is that this is an intranet documentation provided by xwiki.
Every user in the audience has normally some configuration files in a
standardized location.
The content may differ between for each user (or concrete his
workstation). This is also the reason not to expose the files on a
webserver and use the RemoteCode marco.
Current solution is to at a link [[ConfigFile>>file:///etc.....]]
It would be nicer to display the content inside the xwiki page.
For security reasons, that kind of thing is not supposed to be doable.
Try using an iframe. 
6:04 p.m.
Why is
$xwiki.getURLContent("file:///etc/...")
not supposed to work? (if you have programming rights).
paul
Le 6 déc. 2012 à 08:44, Sergiu Dumitriu a écrit :
On 12/06/2012 11:39 AM, H.-Dirk Schmitt wrote:
Hi!
I'm looking for a receipt to display a local file inside an xwiki page.
The use case is that this is an intranet documentation provided by xwiki.
Every user in the audience has normally some configuration files in a
standardized location.
The content may differ between for each user (or concrete his
workstation). This is also the reason not to expose the files on a
webserver and use the RemoteCode marco.
Current solution is to at a link [[ConfigFile>>file:///etc.....]]
It would be nicer to display the content inside the xwiki page.
For security reasons, that kind of thing is not supposed to be doable.
Try using an iframe.
--
Sergiu Dumitriu
http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
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7:27 p.m.
On 12/06/2012 12:04 PM, Paul Libbrecht wrote:
Why is
$xwiki.getURLContent("file:///etc/...")
not supposed to work? (if you have programming rights).
Because the OP asked for files local to the user's computer, not the
server. file:/// on the server will still point to the server.
The only thing that has access to the client machine is the browser. And
browser makers try really hard to prevent web pages from having access
to the user's disk.
Unless some LDAP tricks are used to link a user to a certain computer,
and the XWiki server can have access to each user machine.
paul
Le 6 déc. 2012 à 08:44, Sergiu Dumitriu a écrit :
> On 12/06/2012 11:39 AM, H.-Dirk Schmitt wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I'm looking for a receipt to display a local file inside an xwiki page.
>>
>> The use case is that this is an intranet documentation provided by xwiki.
>> Every user in the audience has normally some configuration files in a
>> standardized location.
>> The content may differ between for each user (or concrete his
>> workstation). This is also the reason not to expose the files on a
>> webserver and use the RemoteCode marco.
>>
>> Current solution is to at a link [[ConfigFile>>file:///etc.....]]
>> It would be nicer to display the content inside the xwiki page.
>>
>
> For security reasons, that kind of thing is not supposed to be doable.
>
> Try using an iframe.
>
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> Sergiu Dumitriu
> http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
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7:33 p.m.
Thanks Sergiu,
I agree this is absolutely a dangerous thing to do and should not be encouraged at all!
paul
Le 6 déc. 2012 à 10:27, Sergiu Dumitriu a écrit :
On 12/06/2012 12:04 PM, Paul Libbrecht wrote:
Why is
$xwiki.getURLContent("file:///etc/...")
not supposed to work? (if you have programming rights).
Because the OP asked for files local to the user's computer, not the
server. file:/// on the server will still point to the server.
The only thing that has access to the client machine is the browser. And
browser makers try really hard to prevent web pages from having access
to the user's disk.
Unless some LDAP tricks are used to link a user to a certain computer,
and the XWiki server can have access to each user machine.
paul
Le 6 déc. 2012 à 08:44, Sergiu Dumitriu a écrit :
> On 12/06/2012 11:39 AM, H.-Dirk Schmitt wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I'm looking for a receipt to display a local file inside an xwiki page.
>>
>> The use case is that this is an intranet documentation provided by xwiki.
>> Every user in the audience has normally some configuration files in a
>> standardized location.
>> The content may differ between for each user (or concrete his
>> workstation). This is also the reason not to expose the files on a
>> webserver and use the RemoteCode marco.
>>
>> Current solution is to at a link [[ConfigFile>>file:///etc.....]]
>> It would be nicer to display the content inside the xwiki page.
>>
>
> For security reasons, that kind of thing is not supposed to be doable.
>
> Try using an iframe.
>
> --
> Sergiu Dumitriu
> http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
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7:47 p.m.
Hi,
Looks like this configuration would better fit in a cookie...
And a more xwikied solution could be to store it in an Xobject attached to
the users profiles pages.
Is there a special reason for having it on users computers, other than
being user-specific ?
BR,
Jerem
Le 6 déc. 2012 17:39, "H.-Dirk Schmitt" <dirk(a)computer42.org> a écrit :
Hi!
I'm looking for a receipt to display a local file inside an xwiki page.
The use case is that this is an intranet documentation provided by xwiki.
Every user in the audience has normally some configuration files in a
standardized location.
The content may differ between for each user (or concrete his
workstation). This is also the reason not to expose the files on a
webserver and use the RemoteCode marco.
Current solution is to at a link [[ConfigFile>>file:///etc.....]]
It would be nicer to display the content inside the xwiki page.
Best Regards,
H.-Dirk Schmitt
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8:19 p.m.
On 06.12.2012 19:47, Jeremie BOUSQUET wrote:
Is there a special reason for having it on users
computers, other than
being user-specific ?
Simple and consistent right management :-)
If the user running the web browser haven't the right to view the file -
it is not displayed.
Why should a consistent right management (unix filesystem) duplicated to
the xwiki server? ;-)
Best Regards,
H.-Dirk Schmitt
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8:20 p.m.
On 06.12.2012 17:44, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:
Try using an iframe.
I have only seen examples with javascript manipulating the dom of the page.
Is there a more simple solution ?
Best Regards,
H.-Dirk Schmitt
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