Question

Hey all,

Sorry for asking this question, but I've been sort of dumped into this thanks to an local admin who's less than helpful. Just a link to proper information would help - I've searched the docs but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for.

Simply, I've made a small group of CGI files, interfacing with a mysql db on the server. Right now they're located in a cgiwrap folder where I've been doing development. We need them to be within (and behind the security of) TWiki.

My question is, what's a simple way to put my custom CGI behind TWiki?

Any advice would be appreciated.

--Pou Hong

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-- PouHong - 04 Oct 2008

Answer

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the 'best' way, would be to re-write the scripts to be TWikiPlugins - registerTagHandler or restHandler style.

Failing that, you can just add twiki auto to those scripts - if you're using apache auth, via a .htaccess file - and if you're using template auth, by adding some more code to your cgi's

I suspect re-reiting as a twiki plugin will be the easiest tho

-- SvenDowideit - 04 Oct 2008

Dear Sir,

Your second option - the harder one you say, although I have already mostly finished the CGI scripts - what is twiki auto?

I have looked at the .htaccess file in the directory I'm using, modifying it based on what I see elsewhere in twiki's directory hierarchy, and I've tried moving things around and looking at twiki's login source, but to no avail so far.

Any further advice would be appreciated.

-- PouHong - 05 Oct 2008

sorry, spelling mistake - i meant twiki auth - but its harder, because you will need to spend some time working out how to integrate things together.

-- SvenDowideit - 06 Oct 2008

Closing this question after more than 30 days of inactivity. Feel free to re-open if needed.

-- PeterThoeny - 10 Dec 2008