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Is it mandatory to run updates if only trusted people can create content and comments?
by Francesco 19 May '09

19 May '09

Hi everybody, some questions which I wasn't able to find an answer to, searching the web and the Drupal site (as I mentioned before, the link for searching the support list archives is broken, hence I couldn't search there). Some of the sites I'm creating do not give to users the ability to create content, nor to comment anything. Only administrators can create content and post comments, as well as creating new accounts (but those sites will have just a handful of users in any case, the administrators themselves). So the question is: in such a scenario, is it mandatory to run updates - especially security updates? My knowledge about security issues borders the zero line, hence I really don't know how much risk I would be taking by not running updates regularly - by the way, regular backups are a rule for me in any case, moreover because I could break the site myself ;-) Imagine now I give anonymous users the ability to comment, while keeping all content creation permissions for administrators, would then an outdated site still be safe? And finally, since I will be using the Views module, are Views arguments an entry point for attacks, forcing me to run updates? Thank you for your attention, kind regards, Francesco

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modify email headers
by Mohammed＠atexplorer.com 19 May '09

19 May '09

hi list. how do I modify the mail headers that are sent by Drupal? for some reason emails sent from my installation have the sender as nobody(a)host.domain.com. note that I have specified a valid email address under site configuration / site information. -- All The Best, Mohammed Al-shar'

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ldap provisioning module
by aurfalien＠gmail.com 18 May '09

18 May '09

Hi all, I sent this earlier but not sure if any one go it. excuse the resend if you received it in the past. I'm trying to use the samba ldap provisioning module for the uidNumber attribute as the standard ldap provisioning module doesn't seem to support this. While I can use the ldap provisioning module as long as I insert a line in the Basic LDAP attributes window to look like this; uidNumber: 3000 I can't seem to have it auto generated when enabling the samba ldap provisioning portion. Can any one shed some light on how I can have the uidNumber attribute generated by Drupal or how to properly use the ldap samba module? I am using the posixAccount object class that needs a uidNumber attribute. I am using Drupal 5.12 and have it talking with my OpenLDAP and can add/remove users via Drupal as long as I manually add uidNumber: 3000 for example but I would like this automatic. I'm even unsure if I am explaining this correctly? Thanks in advance, - aurfalien

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can't reset password
by Mohammed＠atexplorer.com 18 May '09

18 May '09

hi everyone, on my Drupal powered website if I try to reset a password Drupal throws an access denied message. here's what I do exactly: * go reset my password and enter my user name * Drupal sends a message with one time login which I use. * I then go to edit my account and change my password. and press submit * I am logged out and I get an access denied page. in the logs I find the following: md5() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /home/nattiqc/public_html/modules/user/user.module on line 225. the strange thing is that I took the database and the file system off my linux vps to my windows with lamp locally, and that same sinario works as expected. although I have the same versions of apache and php on both machines. can somebody give me a hint? perhaps using that error message from the logs? -- All The Best, Mohammed Al-shar'

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best reply in drupal 6
by Aldo Martinez Selleras 18 May '09

18 May '09

this modulo isn't working in my drupal 6... install - OK setup - OK but not working, don't show "bestreply" link in comments of content type i select :( someone know something about??

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URL of website doesn't point anymore to Drupal installation
by M. Fioretti 18 May '09

18 May '09

sorry for the vague subject, but I couldn't find a better one. I have the website http://digifreedom.net running on a VPS with Drupal 6.10 . This is a multisite Drupal setup: only one installation, with subdirectories in sites/, and a separate mysql database for each website. For several reasons, I had setup DNS, drupal and everything to work without the www prefix on domain names. In other words, http://digifreedom.net is OK, www.digifreedom.net was never used. Everything worked perfectly for months, if not years. Five minutes ago, somebody wrote to me that a digifreedom.net URL I suggested him to read "doesn't work". I checked, and what happens now is that, if I type http://digifreedom.net/node/82 the browser is immediately redirected to www.digifreedom.net/node/82, which returns an error message: "Firefox can't find the server at www.digifreedom.net" That error message is OK, because I had NOT set up apache to answer to that address. What I don't get is why http://digifreedom.net becomes www.digifreedom.net. I haven't changed anything myself in DNS, drupal or apache config, so why all of a sudden something started to behave differently? The weirdest thing is that this "forced redirection from example.com to www.example.com happens with some, but not all of the other domains configured in the same way and running on the same server off the same Apache/Drupal installation! How can I find, at least, which piece of the puzzle is responsible for this problem? I am aware that probably this isn't even a drupal issue, I just need a pointer in the right direction. TIA, Marco -- Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how software is used *around* you: http://digifreedom.net/node/84

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problem with tmp folder and permission
by Simone Dal Maso 17 May '09

17 May '09

Hi, I don't know how to solve this. In my drupal installation directory I have a folder called "tmp". I receive an error by drupal, I read it in the log, it says approximately: "can't write to tmp directory, because permissions are not correct". Sorry I'm traslating from italian. The permissions of tmp are 755. If I change to 777 I have no problem, but 777 is unsecure. Is 755 a wrong number for a directory? What should I put instead? thanks.

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Booking a period of time (again..)
by Francesco Baldini 15 May '09

15 May '09

Hi, me again, and almost same subject :( Things are evolving and I arrived to something sure (i hope so..) What I need to do now is something different than before. I need to create a day, hour-to-hour (eg: 9am to 4pm), and let people book a part of this time, 1 hour or just 2, 3, 4, 5 and so on... more than 1 user can book this period of time but only after admin approval it have to disappear from availability times. What I did now is this a new content type where - Admin user creates one content per hour (9am to 4pm are 7 contents) - Authenticated users can book this time by commenting it - "Actions" sends an email to Admin user - "moder8" moderate booking-comment - on Views2 it disappear from availability as said, the biggest problem is that users don't have to book hour by hour but a period of 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.. so I can't create a post for every hour.. any idea? thnaks :|

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Getting a "Path already in use" after a node disappeared
by Cosmo 15 May '09

15 May '09

I had a user delete a node by accident and now when I attempt to recreate the node I get the message "Path already in use" This was the flow: 1) I created the node (which the path /fundraising) 2) I pointed a few menu to it. 3) I change the "author" of the node to her - so she could edit it. 4) She hit the delete by accident (I think) At least that's what's she telling me, I wasn't there. I've searched for the node every way I can think of but I can't find it. So, where is that "path" reference being stored (or used?) thank you Cozzi

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CPU usage
by Daniel Carrera 15 May '09

15 May '09

Hello, I'm having trouble with CPU usage on my Drupal 5 site. I just enabled caching, and hopefully that will solve the problem, but I want to look at what else I can do to reduce CPU usage further. On the performance page, Drupal gives me the option to "Aggregate and compress CSS files". This sounds pretty good, as it would reduce bandwidth and HTTP requests. But I'm concerned that the compression might increase CPU usage. Can anyone tell me if selecting the "aggregate and compress CSS files" option will increase my CPU usage? Can anyone suggest other ideas to decrease my CPU usage? Thanks, Daniel.

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