[Gmod-help] Re: [Gmod-gbrowse] separate private from public data sources

[Zhiliang Hu]

Thank you Scott and Dave!

I saw that config wiki but wasn't sure if it's for entire site or can be 
mixed, before I read it more carefully.  I think it will work for us 
perfectly.

Best regards,

Zhiliang


On Fri, 12 Jun 2009, Scott Cain wrote:

> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:29:02 -0400
> From: Scott Cain <scott at scottcain.net>
> To: Zhiliang Hu <hu at animalgenome.org>
> Cc: help at gmod.org, Elizabeth H. Scholl <scholl at pngg.org>,
>     gmod-gbrowse at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Gmod-help] Re: [Gmod-gbrowse] separate private from public data
>       sources
> 
> Hi Zhiliang,
>
> There is a section in the GBrowse configuration page on the wiki
> authentication and authorization:
>
>  http://gmod.org/wiki/CONFIGURE_HOWTO#Authentication_.26_Authorization
>
> I think if you are concerned about keeping people out of certain
> databases, this is the path you'd want to take.  Just keeping them off
> the list is really security through obscurity, and if it really
> matters, that is no security at all.
>
> Scott
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Zhiliang Hu<hu at animalgenome.org> wrote:
>> Dave - Thanks! (yes I should have said I have v. 1.69)
>>
>> Yes I was thinking about inserting some perl code in the conf file to check
>> for IP or user, let it go or exit, yet to find how it may work.
>>
>> Looks like it's time to try out GBrowse 2 on our new server.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Zhiliang
>>
>> On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Dave Clements, GMOD Help Desk wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:57:32 -0400
>>> From: "Dave Clements, GMOD Help Desk" <gmodhelp at googlemail.com>
>>> Reply-To: help at gmod.org
>>> To: Elizabeth H. Scholl <scholl at pngg.org>
>>> Cc: Zhiliang Hu <hu at animalgenome.org>, gmod-gbrowse at lists.sourceforge.net
>>> Subject: Re: [Gmod-gbrowse] separate private from public data sources
>>>
>>> Hi Betsy, Zhiliang,
>>> GBrowse 2 supports the functionality you want.  See
>>>  http://gmod.org/wiki/GBrowse_2.0_HOWTO#Configured_Data_Source_Sections
>>> As far as I know, GBrowse 1.x does not.  However, if you are (or have
>>> someone who is) proficient at Apache configuration you could set it up
>>> there, so that certain URLs are only accessable from certain IP addresses,
>>> or require a login.
>>> Dave C.
>>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Elizabeth H. Scholl
>>> <scholl at pngg.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I would like to piggy-back on this question, if you don't mind ;)
>>>>
>>>> First, to answer how to turn off the Data Source pull-down menu, you
>>>> can add the line:
>>>> show sources = 0
>>>>
>>>> HOWEVER, and this is where my question starts, if I go to my gbrowse
>>>> base URL at:
>>>> http://localhost/cgi-bin/gbrowse/abc
>>>>
>>>> where "abc" is anything that is NOT going to be a database in the
>>>> system, I get the message:
>>>> "
>>>>
>>>> The source named abc is invalid."
>>>>
>>>> And then I get a list of which databases are in the system (I assume
>>>> based on the conf files in my configuration directory)
>>>>
>>>> So the question I have is "Is there a way to disable *this*?"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Betsy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At 09:12 AM 6/11/2009, Zhiliang Hu wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> We host several different databases under one Gbrowse installation.
>>>>> We wish to run a few "private" GBrowse databases among other "public"
>>>>> ones.  Is there a way to hide "Data Source" pull-down menu from all?
>>>>> Would this be good enough to keep people from public GBrowse view to
>>>>> see "other" data sources?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Zhiliang
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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