Topic: Installing sme-userpanel(s)

[judgej]

Does anyone know where the latest instructions are for this? I have tried installing the RPM (smeserver-userpanels-1.0-5.noarch.rpm) but cannot see anything new in the admin panels. I cannot find anything in the wiki that purports to be a definitive set of instructions, so I'm a little confused.

[judgej]

I think this is sorted now. I needed to completely uninstall and reinstall these RPMs:

smeserver-userpanel-0.9-10.noarch.rpm
smeserver-userpanels-1.0-5.noarch.rpm
smeserver-vacation-1.0-12.el4.sme.noarch.rpm

Then it started working - I got the 'User Panel Access' panel, which was not there before. I had a feeling the old smeserver-userpanel-0.9-10.noarch.rpm did not uninstall properly in the upgrade to 7.2, because it was still there (other threads say it should be automatically removed) and when I did remove it, I got script errors. It went back in okay though.

So, anyone know the difference between smeserver-userpanel and smeserver-userpanels? Do I really need both to get the user panel access (aka 'user-manager')?

[stephen noble]

http://www.dungog.net/sme/usermanager.php

[judgej]

http://www.dungog.net/sme/usermanager.php

That's one of the pages I tried. I got the 'This page cannot be displayed' a few days ago, and still getting it now.

[Edit: and it's back. Perhaps I just keep catching it at the wrong time. I get the same problem with the yum repos.]

[chris burnat]

That's one of the pages I tried. I got the 'This page cannot be displayed' a few days ago, and still getting it now.

 I just accessed this page twice. today..  Working for me.

[judgej]

dungog pages are often not available to me when I visit them. I had always assumed that they kept moving around. Perhaps there is some ongoing DNS problem problem that just affects my location.

I'm still a little confused though. Unless I install both smeserver-userpanels *and* smeserver-userpanel, then I don't see any extra menu options in the admin panels. Is one for the end users (userpanels) and one for the administrator (userpanel)? If it says that in the page you (i.e. Mr. Noble) referenced, then I think I must need my eyesight checking, 'cause I can't see it

[stephen noble]

the first half dozen lines refer to smeserver-userpanel
you can use this to delegate existing panels to users

the rest of the page refers to new panels that are designed for users

[judgej]

the first half dozen lines refer to smeserver-userpanel...

So is 'smeserver-userpanels' (with the 's' on the end) an older contribution? Should I not have installed it? Or is it 'smeserver-userpanel' (without the 's') packaged up with a few other contributions? The first dozen lines in the page contain both these:

yum install smeserver-userpanel
yum install smeserver-userpanels

And I am still not clear as to what the difference is between the two. Sorry - I think I am being really dumb or something, but I just can't understand that page.

[cactus]

So is 'smeserver-userpanels' (with the 's' on the end) an older contribution? Should I not have installed it? Or is it 'smeserver-userpanel' (without the 's') packaged up with a few other contributions? The first dozen lines in the page contain both these:

yum install smeserver-userpanel
yum install smeserver-userpanels

And I am still not clear as to what the difference is between the two. Sorry - I think I am being really dumb or something, but I just can't understand that page.

It helps if you just read the site as it states:
smeserver-userpanel, delegate server-manager and user-manager functions
smeserver-userpanels, userpanels for: password, email forwarding, backup, limited user creation

[cactus]

dungog pages are often not available to me when I visit them. I had always assumed that they kept moving around. Perhaps there is some ongoing DNS problem problem that just affects my location.

I have never noticed this behavior for the dungog sites. Are you sure it's not somewhere in your configuration?

[judgej]

It helps if you just read the site as it states:
smeserver-userpanel, delegate server-manager and user-manager functions
smeserver-userpanels, userpanels for: password, email forwarding, backup, limited user creation

So if I understand that correctly (and let's face it - I would not be asking this same question over and over if the the text quoted was clear to me):

* smeserver-userpanel is the single administration add-on that allows an administrator to delegate admin functions to other users

* smeserver-userpanels is the user end of smeserver-userpanel, allowing users to log into a simplified version of the administration panels (supported through a different URL)

Is that what it means?

[stephen noble]

yes, but it's not the whole answer and isn't entirely accurate

the best way to understand something is to explain it to others
so how about you document the info in the wiki,
in your words after you have tried each rpm

[judgej]

yes, but it's not the whole answer and isn't entirely accurate

the best way to understand something is to explain it to others
so how about you document the info in the wiki,
in your words after you have tried each rpm

Okay - will do.