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<H2><A NAME="sec:notes"></A> <A NAME="s6">6.</A> <A HREF="vfs.html#toc6">Notes</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="sec:database"></A> <A NAME="ss6.1">6.1</A> <A HREF="vfs.html#toc6.1">Database</A>
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<P>Data about the files and directories within the virtual root is kept in
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the SQL database. Currently, this information includes:</P>
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<LI>File ID (used internally, primary key for table)</LI>
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<LI>Owner ID (phpGW account_id)</LI>
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<LI>Created by ID (phpGW account_id)</LI>
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<LI>Modified by ID (phpGW account_id)</LI>
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<LI>Created (date)</LI>
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<LI>Modified (date)</LI>
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<LI>Size (bytes)</LI>
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<LI>MIME type</LI>
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<LI>Deleteable (Y/N/Other?)</LI>
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<LI>Comment</LI>
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<LI>App (appname of application that created the file)</LI>
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<LI>Directory (directory the file or directory is in)</LI>
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<LI>Name (name of file or directory)</LI>
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</UL>
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</P>
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<P>The internal names of these (the database column names) are stored in the
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$phpgw->vfs->attributes array, which is useful for loops, and
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is guaranteed to be up-to-date.</P>
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<P>Note that no information is kept about files outside the virtual root.
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If a file is moved outside, all records of it are delete from the database.
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If a file is moved into the virtual root, some information, specifically MIME-type,
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is not stored in the database. The vital information has defaults: owner is
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based on where the file is being stored; size is correctly read; deleteable
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is set to Y.</P>
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<H2><A NAME="sec:acl_support"></A> <A NAME="ss6.2">6.2</A> <A HREF="vfs.html#toc6.2">ACL support</A>
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<P>Because of the many different ways the VFS can be used, complete ACL support
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is not built in. There is a bit of access control built in, just because of
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the way database queries are made. However, that is a discussion beyond the
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scope of this document. Full ACL support may be added at a later time. For
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now, it is fairly easy to add basic access control to your application by matching
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path expressions. The VFS always follows the same naming convention of $fakebase/userorgroup.
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So if you need to check if a user has access to $fakebase/whatever/dir/file,
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you need only know if they their username is 'whatever' or if they belong to
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the group 'whatever', and that the group has access to your application. Here
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is an example from PHPWebHosting:</P>
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<P>
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<PRE>
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###
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# First we get their memberships
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###
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$memberships = $phpgw->accounts->memberships ($account_id);
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###
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# We determine if they're in their home directory or a group's directory
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# If they request a group's directory, we ensure they have access to the group,
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# and the group has access to the app
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###
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if ((preg_match ("+^$fakebase\/(.*)(\/|$)+U", $path, $matches)) && $matches[1] != $account_lid)
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{
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$phpgw->vfs->working_id = $phpgw->accounts->name2id ($matches[1]);
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reset ($memberships);
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while (list ($num, $group_array) = each ($memberships))
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{
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if ($matches[1] == $group_array["account_name"])
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{
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$group_ok = 1;
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break;
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}
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}
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if (!$group_ok)
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{
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echo $phpgw->common->error_list (array ("You do not have access to group/directory $matches[1]"));
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exit;
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}
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}
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</PRE>
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</P>
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<P>You should also check if the group has access to your appilcation.</P>
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<H2><A NAME="sec:function_aliases"></A> <A NAME="ss6.3">6.3</A> <A HREF="vfs.html#toc6.3">Function aliases</A>
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</H2>
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<P>You might have noticed there are some functions that just pass the arguments
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on to other functions. These are provided in part because of legacy and in
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part for convenience. You can use either. Here is the list (alias -> actual):</P>
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<P>
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<UL>
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<LI>copy -> cp</LI>
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<LI>move -> rm</LI>
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<LI>delete -> rm</LI>
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<LI>dir -> ls</LI>
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</UL>
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</P>
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<H2><A NAME="sec:fakebase"></A> <A NAME="ss6.4">6.4</A> <A HREF="vfs.html#toc6.4">Fakebase directory (changing /home)</A>
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<P>The old VFS was hard-coded to use "/home" as the fake base directory,
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even though the user never saw it. With the new system, crafty administrators
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may wish to change "/home" to something else, say "/users"
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or "/public_html". The fake base directory name is stored in $phpgw->vfs->fakebase,
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and changing it will transparently change it throughout the VFS and all applications.
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However, this must be done <EM>before</EM> any data is in the VFS database. If you wish
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to change it afterwords, you'll have to manually update the database, replacing
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the old value with the new value. <EM>Application programmers need to recognize
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that /home is not absolute, and use $phpgw->vfs->fakebase instead</EM>.
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I suggest setting $fakebase = $phpgw->vfs->fakebase; right
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off the bat to keep things neater.</P>
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