Hi Javier, That's super helpful. Thank you! Just to make sure I'm understanding correctly:
You write "there's nothing to block you from accessing anything outside the environment. just the defaults are set up so you have to intentionally do it, not by accident." So in other words, the virtual environments let me temporarily change my default settings. And when I step out of the virtual environment, the system's default settings are used instead. But say I create a virtual environment and install a script that depends on another script that I haven't included in the virtual environment. That leads me to an error because the script can't be found in that virtual environment. Why doesn't the interpreter then look outside of my virtual environment? Or do I need to specify this in the interpreter's path somewhere? Thanks! On Thursday, November 22, 2012 9:28:38 AM UTC-5, Javier Guerra wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Luisa Beck <emmi...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > (I'm imagining the virtual environment like a sandbox around my project. > I > > can play with the things I put into the sandbox.) So when I place a file > > outside of that, can I still access it when my virtual environment is > > active? > > the 'sandboxing' of the virtual environment is not like chroot or a > virtual machine: > > - it's only about what python code you use, not about what that code > can do. the whole machine's resources are still accessible: the whole > filesystem(s), RAM, network, etc. it's just a different Python > installation that doesn't conflict with what you already have, or with > other virtualenvs. > > - it's not about security, but about reducing mistakes. there's > nothing to block you from accessing anything outside the environment. > just the defaults are set up so you have to intentionally do it, not > by accident. > > -- > Javier > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/ki4N_3FcZOUJ. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
