Re: State of Perl-based database setup utilities for LedgerSMB 1.3

[Chris Travers <..hidden..>]

On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Adam Thompson <..hidden..> wrote:
>> > I would personally prefer as much possible to be integrated into the
>> > app's first run, although I don't necessarily expect that in 1.3.
>>
>> I don't think it's safe to do that.  With 1.3, you actually have to
>> specify a
>> database to log in.  The "central database" is now the interdatabase
>> pg_catalog info
>
> Why not?  You would have to run those kind of checks before displaying the
> login form.  When I setup Roundcube (web email interface) it has a very
> similar issue, where it lets your IMAP server handle authentication, but
> it knows enough to make sure than an IMAP server has been configured
> first, and if not, steps you through the necessary steps.

Where would the data be stored?  Do we require write permissions to
the ledgersmb directory?

I suppose we could create a single world-writable file and maybe
delete it or something after the database setup.

Best Wishes,
Chris Travers