[Server-devel] XS - XO archiving and backup (was Re: [OLPC India] Issues on the ground )

[David Van Assche]

One package to look at is Mahara, also from your neck of the woods
(Martin) which you've probably heard of. I installed it along a Moodle
install and took advantage of xmlrpc to do sharing of data and single
sign on. Mahara is an e-portfolio system, that when set up looks a
little like a personalised facebook, with resume, file areas, and many
other user specific items. backups would fit in there perfectly.

kind regards,
David Van Assche

On 11/10/08, Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Bill Bogstad <bogstad at pobox.com> wrote:
>  > I've personally used the version in XS 0.4 to verify that individual
>  > journal entries can be restored.
>
>
> Good to hear that - great and thanks!
>
>
>  >  However, you probably don't want to
>  > use this version in an actual deployment without changes.  There is
>  > absolutely no security on access to backups.  The web server lets
>  > anyone who can get an http connection to the schoolserver to download
>  > files from any users backup.  My understanding is that there are plans
>  > to
>  > move access into Moodle and take advantage of access control there.
>
>
> 100% correct. The backups right now offer no privacy - I had hoped to
>  address that for 0.5 - integrating the restore UI into Moodle - but it
>  proved to be a bit of a stretch. It is definitely a 0.6 goal.
>
>  From 0.5 to 0.6 the upgrade will be easy - probably just a handful of
>  updated RPMs, so yum can do its magic.
>
>  cheers,
>
>
>
>  m
>
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