On 11/03/13 00:17, Yuri Astrakhan wrote:
Answered Inline. Also, I apologize as I think my email was slightly off-topic to Ori's question.
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Matthew Flaschen mflaschen@wikimedia.orgwrote:
PHPMyAdmin also has major security issues. It isn't allowed on Wikimedia Labs and probably shouldn't be used here. Why does SQLite need to be installed exactly?
Matthew, we are talking about a developer's virtual machine that has no network connection to anything except the developer's machine itself, and used purely for development. MySql could be accessed through the network if I have the local tools, but if we are talking about the lowest barrier of entry, the novice could follow a few steps to get VM and edit code with anything including notepad, while the VM would have most of the tools to examine and experiment with MediaWiki. BTW, samba would also be a massive security hole - I set mine up to share / with no password root access (no network, no issues)
While popular, I don't think PHPMyAdmin is the best tool for managing the tables, either.