Python Desktop Server Weblog 15.5.2003

Clientside for AccessRestrictions

I now have a preliminary tool for the Python Desktop Server to make use of the new Access Restrictions for the Python Community Server. The title links to the source code. Just put the module into ~/.PyDS/tools and restart your Python Desktop Server. You now should have a AccessRestrictions block on the right side of your desktop.

This is a preliminary tool, it will be included with 0.5.0, so if you update (or use the CVS version), be sure to remove it, as it would be loaded twice.

Update: there was a bug in the generated HTML code of index_html in the tool that prevented funcitoning in some browsers (for example opera) when trying to add locations. The linked tool is updated now.

user supplied access restrictions on community servers

The linked story is about a user supplied access restriction mechanism I implemented for the Python Community Server. This allows users to set up access restrictions and user accounts for visitors. This is done through an XML-RPC interface. The capabilities of this accessRestriction mechanism can be compared to the Location directive of Apache in combination with .htaccess files and a single password list.