Dave: Thanks for the reply and input about the process.
I have deleted the admin, examples and welcome directories. Further, I have hacked the widget.py file, to not ask for a password. Currently, I plan on creating a mac binary distribution that displays only a start and stop button. Not quite there yet but should be soon (famous last words!!)... The application is a variation on the image blog example. A known, fixed set of images are used to populate the application. The images set can not be changed. The individual reviewers sign in and comment on the images. A standalone, binary distribution will allow the same set of images to be concurrently distributed and evaluated by various individuals. Then the information in the comment database can be collected and presented in a central location as well as redistributed to the original authors. This idea is in the very early stages and I am testing capability of Web2py (as well as my capability to use Web2py) at this time. Take care, be good to yourself and have fun, Joe On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Dave S <snidely....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 9:13:22 PM UTC-7, jjs0sbw wrote: >> >> I have followed the instructions in the book that detail how to >> distribute applications as binaries. >> ( >> http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/14#How-to-distribute-your-applications-as-binaries >> ) >> >> On my mac when I open the app, I am presented with the opportunity to set >> an admin password and start the server. >> >> Is there any way to by pass these steps and just have the application >> open up in the web browser? >> >> I do not want the users to be able to access the admin interface. >> > > Perhaps you can provide a password file, and start web2py with *-a > "<recycle>"*. > > But if the person installing the app has permission to install, do they > also have permission to access the installed files directly? That would > allow access to the data and the code (or at least the bytecode) even > though you don't have an addmin app. > > I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve with your restrictions. If the > person who installs it is to be restricted in what they can do besides > install, that could be tough unless you can do a chmod/chown step during > installation (and if they have sudo rights, then that's not enough, either). > > If you want people accessing the site the app provides not to be able > access the admin app, then the default web2py configuration was probably > enough, as you have to do explicit steps to enable access to the admin apps > > I'm not familiar with Mac/OS-X specific access control, and it might > differ considerably from linuxes and other *nixes, but if you want your app > to be a black box even to the person installing it, you may have to use a > more elaborate installation method. > > /dps > > -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Joe Simpson “Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people.” George Bernard Shaw -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
