Re: Request for debconf template review, ntop

[Ludovico Cavedon <cavedon@debian.org>]

On 01/23/2011 08:05 PM, Justin B Rye wrote:
> Ludovico Cavedon wrote:
>>>> _Description: Administrator password:
>>>>  You must choose a password to be used with ntop administration web
>>>>  interface.
>>>
>>>    Please choose a password to be used for ntop's administrative web
>>>    interface.
>>
>> There was a good point of having "admin password", i.e. it was the user
>> for the "admin" password, which is in fact administrator.
> 
> I think I get it.  The account that was set up in the ntop/user
> template was (by default) an account named "ntop" in /etc/password;

correct (btw, /etc/passwd ;)

> but this is an account in some ntop-specific database.

correct

>> However I can agree the old way was trying to convey implicitly too much
>> information. So what about:
>>
>> "Please choose a password to be used for ntop's administrative web
>> interface (i.e. for the username "admin")."
> 
> The question is, when the web interface challenges me to give this
> administrative password, am I first required to type in the username
> "admin", or is it just that you get to the password prompt by going
> from (e.g.) the "Stats" tab to the "Admin" tab?  The ntop man page

When you go to the "Admin" menu, it will ask you for username & password.


> only seems to talk about asking for an "admin password", and I don't
> see what other accounts there would be for it to need to distinguish
> between by username. 

you may create additional users and restrict some pages to be viewable
only by certain users.

> If users do need to be prepared to type in "admin", then yes, use
> something like the above, or:
> 
>    Please choose a password to be used for the privileged user "admin"
>    in ntop's web interface.

Ok thanks!

Ludovico