List of directories with passwords?

[Evoir]

I'm wondering if there is some way to see an overview of which directories I have placed passwords. I noticed that I have a few "extra" passwords, when I go to password protect a directory, there are a few extra choices of username/passwords than I am actvely using. Yet, I don't know what directories I put them in...

Does this make any sense?

Would be cool if there was an additional feature in the CNC to list what directories have password protection on.

[Arthur]

I think I know what you mean. You want a list of all .htaccess files and whether or not it has user xyz listed in it.
Well, on the command-line it's not difficult to find that out. Go to your www directory and type;
find . -name ".htaccess"
This gives you a list of all your .htaccess files.
type
find . -name ".htaccess" | xargs grep xyz
This lists the .htaccess files that have the string xyz in it.

A list of all username+passwords (encrypted) can be found in /big/dom/xdomain/CNC_protect/.passwd

Arthur

[Evoir]

Thank you Arthur!

I'll try that. But so far, the SSH (Telnet) in the control panel doesn't launch for me. I don't think I've tried it until today... since the upgrade to CNC 3.0, that is.

I use telnet so rarely, that it is nice for me to use the cnc for it. I'm wondering if it is a mac related issue? I never had this problem before the new CNC.

hmm. Seeing if i have some odd telnet application laying around....

[Arthur]

Evie, give MacSSH (http://www.macssh.com/) a whirl. Or try BetterTelnet (http://www.cstone.net/~rbraun/mac/telnet/). Both are free.
I'm no Mac user, so I can't comment on how good/bad they are, but I like the price ;)

Found another one MacTelnet (http://www.mactelnet.com/)

And why the ssh client in your CNC isn't work, I don't know. You probably don't have Java installed, or your Java version is too old. The old telnet applet was less picky it seems.

btw, I hardly ever use the CNC, but my compliments to FQ and in particular Justin for a job very well done.

[Justin]

The CNC SSH applet requires Java 1.2 or higher I believe. It has a few more requirements than the old telnet applet did, as it is quite a bit more functional (mostly that it uses encryption). Since we strongly recommend using SSH instead of plain-text telnet, we thought it best to offer an SSH client as part of the CNC.

With protected directories, we may be able to add a special folder icon with a padlock to show that it is a protected directory, but digging through all directories recursively could become quite heavy (some accounts have a lot of directories)... but the suggestion is noted for possible expansion later :)

Thanks for the compliments on the CNC :)

[Justin]

The CNC has been updated, and password-protected folders should show a padlock-on-folder icon. Note that this only applies to directories protected from within the CNC.

Hope this helps :)

[jak]

too cool!

way to go justin. :)

julie
jak graphic solutions, inc.

[Evoir]

That rocks. :) Thank you.

I actually love my web hosting company. :)

So, one step further: you know when you are setting up passwords, is there some way to actually list the directories that are CNC protected, along with the username/passwords associated with it? (for down the line...)

Thanks

[Justin]

That is where it gets more complicated. In order to do that, the CNC would have to recurse into every directory in your tree, which (as I mentioned earlier) could become quite heavy for some accounts.

This is something I'm working on a solution for, however, as I personally agree that it would be nice to have. In my testing on the new CNC, I protected a great number of directories, and it does become difficult to manage after a while.

[Evoir]

Thanks Justin,

What you said makes sense. :)

[Evoir]

Originally posted by arthur:
Go to your www directory and type;
find . -name ".htaccess"
This gives you a list of all your .htaccess files.
type
find . -name ".htaccess" | xargs grep xyz
This lists the .htaccess files that have the string xyz in it.

A list of all username+passwords (encrypted) can be found in /big/dom/xdomain/CNC_protect/.passwd

Arthur

This worked like a charm.

Justin: Does doing this in telnet cause as much server strain as creating a button in the CNC that would do this? (Just asking, not pushing)

[Justin]

It could become heavy if you have a lot of directories, but if not it shouldn't be a problem. Just keep an eye on it -- if it takes a long time to execute, you will want to avoid running the command too often...

The only reason I brought the issue up is that when adding features to the CNC, we always have to consider worst-case scenerios, and make sure that there won't be any issues for those sites with a lot of files and directories.

[Evoir]

I just want to say thanks again. I just found this new feature very helpful :)