Hello Benedek,
> Is it mandatory now, to define the PLUGIN path from the global CONFIG
file?
short answer: yes it's mandatory and it's a security issue.
the documentation is very explizit
(see https://mapserver.org/mapfile/layer.html):
For MapServer >=8:
defining plugins for dataconnections in the config-gile
...
For MapServer <8:
defining plugins for dataconnections in the mapfile
further in https://mapserver.org/mapfile/config.html :
This block allows for keys to be mapped to plugin library paths.
> For example the MS SQL Plugin.
> **This registry of plugins avoids possible unsafe libraries being
> loaded by a mapfile.**
Regards, Jörg
Am 20.03.23 um 14:51 schrieb Benedek Petrovicz:
Hi!
Before MapServer 8, I always defined the mssql plugin path in the
mapfiles directly.
It was a convenient way for my use case.
Now from MapServer 8 there's the required global CONFIG file I have to
define.
Which is fine, but MapServer will only allow loading the plugin through
that global CONFIG file.
The CONFIG reference states the following:
/"PLUGINS: This block allows for keys to be mapped to plugin library
paths."/
For me, this means I can define a global plugin keyword if I want to,
but I don't have to.
In reality I don't have other options. At least I don't know about any.
Is it mandatory now, to define the PLUGIN path from the global CONFIG file?
Thank you!
Benedek Petrovicz
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