[Xerte] Re: Xerte Project Questions

[Pat Lockley]

the manual does probably need updating - one of the issues with the 7
during install is that sometimes the uploader (human)'s rights / chmods
blocks the web server account (apache, IIS) so the install can't complete.

Once installed I think you can choose your own settings.

The import folder can be placed outside the webroot, and it should in
theory be possible to do this for user-files as well, but it'd need a bit
of a rewrite and not sure how the flash would feel about it



On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Tom Reijnders <reijnders at tor.nl> wrote:

> Regarding the security:
>
> Even though the manual sys you have to do this, this is not necessary. You
> only need to open up the write permissions for the ' web browser user'.
> i.e. the owner of the web browser process needs to be able to write in
> those folders.
>
> For Linux and apache this means that the files should be owned by the user
> that runs the apache process. Hope this helps.
>
> Regarding SCORM: 'Keeping up with Moodle'  regrettably is not very help
> full for me, as Moodle and Xerte are two completely different packages.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom
>
> Op 16-1-2013 13:11, avitor training schreef:
>
>> Thanks for the quick reply. Re SCORM, in general, keeping up with Moodle
>> at least, though of course SCORM/AICC is evolving (TIN CAN /CMI-5).
>>
>> The biggest problem currently is the publicly writable directories (chmod
>> 0777, toolkits installation guide p19,) which is a security issue and
>> quite correctly forbidden by some hosting services (we are talking about a
>> potential internet not an intranet application here).
>>
>> Can the location of these be changed (perhaps within a config file,) to a
>> server location that has no URL, so for example from:
>>
>> opt/domainname/web/html[site root]/xerte/USER-FILES
>>
>> to
>>
>> opt/domainname/web/private/**USER-FILES
>>
>> to enable test and integration of the online toolkit without the security
>> issues?
>>
>> Also, as this online toolkit installation hasn't been completed for the
>> above reasons, does it render the same as the techdis version does on some
>> high aspect ratio laptop screens, i.e. with the 'play' icon and other page
>> foot features of the new project dialogue out of view in a window with no
>> scroll bar?
>>
>> Many thanks for any suggestions in advance.
>>
>>  Yes, still very actively being developed.
>>>
>>> Out new website has some broken links, but don't let that worry you (I
>>> thought I'd found and fixed them all?)
>>>
>>> Tom has some plans for more SCORM support: what are your requirements
>>> here?
>>>
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>>> Subject: [Xerte] Xerte Project Questions
>>>
>>> I have a few questions about the project.
>>>
>>> Is this project still being actively developed and in particular, is
>>> there
>>> any intention to release further versions with support for later SCORM or
>>> AICC standards? If so, is there a roadmap or timetable for this?
>>>
>>> Is there a bug list -I've has difficulties setting up the Xerte Online
>>> Toolkits on a hosting server for test because of security issues over
>>> publicly writable directories (could these not be relocated to a folder
>>> path without a url?) and for example the hosted techdis version does not
>>> display properly in my browser?
>>>
>>> There are several broken links on the project site
>>> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/**xerte/<http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/>and I'm wondering if the targets have
>>> been relocated or withdrawn?
>>>
>>> I did e-mail the developers at Nottingham over all these issues but
>>> received no reply so far.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Julian
>>>
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