Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] pdf with mod_deflate and IE

[Dave Hall]

Hi all,

On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 13:57 -0400, Alan Langford wrote:
> This should be configurable. I have seen hosting environments where 
> ownerships and permissions are such that a script does not have write 
> access to anything in their public html directories. In these cases, you 
> have little choice but to use /tmp, and it is advisable to prefix the 
> file names with something unique, such as the session ID.
> 

The temp path is already configurable in phpgw.  I always set it to a
unique dir per install.  Whar is being proposed here sounds different to
me.  

I understand what Sigurd is proposing here, but I have some concerns.
Having a directory in the phpgw doc root which is writable by apache is
a potential security issue.

As much as I would like to say stuff IE, that is potentially a large
section of our user base, so I won't propose that :)  Can we disable
mod_deflate for IE when outputing a PDF?

btw I looked at the code and would prefer to see that we delete all
files in that dir which are more than say an hour old.

Cheers

Dave

> On 2006 07 02 13:24, Sigurd Nes wrote:
> > Maat wrote:
> >   
> >> Sigurd Nes a écrit :
> >>
> >>     
> >>> In order to have pdf-printout working with mod_deflate and IE - one has
> >>> to temporary save the pdf-data as a file - and redirect the browser to
> >>> this file.
> >>>
> >>> There is a function "print_pdf" in class.pdf.inc.php that checks the
> >>> browser - and if it is 'IE' - it will follow this procedure. Files older
> >>> than one day will be deleted.
> >>>
> >>> In order to have this to work - it will need a directory which is
> >>> write-able to the webserver and within the webservers document-root.
> >>> I propose to have this directory within the pdf-section of the API:
> >>> "phpgroupware/phpgwapi/inc/pdf/pdf_files".
> >>>
> >>> Any objections to this?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>>
> >>> Sigurd
> >>>  
> >>>
> >>>       
> >> perhaps we could try to have something more generic  so others app could
> >> benefit this writable zone ?
> >>
> >> example :
> >>
> >> phpgroupware/write
> >> phpgroupware/write/tmp
> >> phpgroupware/write/pdf_files
> >> phpgroupware/write/whatever
> >>
> >> what d'you think of it ?
> >>
> >>     
> > Ok for me.
> >
> > Sigurd
> >
> >
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