From e0d80dccff22e332581376efdcdcec8bb96de894 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "lpsolit%gmail.com" <> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:48:43 +0000 Subject: Docs for bug 245877: use testagent.cgi and testserver.pl to test your installation - Patch by me, r=justdave --- docs/xml/installation.xml | 7 +++++-- docs/xml/security.xml | 31 +++++++++++++------------------ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/xml/installation.xml b/docs/xml/installation.xml index bd2aa01db..c50d20501 100644 --- a/docs/xml/installation.xml +++ b/docs/xml/installation.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + Installing Bugzilla @@ -957,7 +957,10 @@ Configure your web server according to the instructions in the appropriate section. (If it makes a difference in your choice, - the Bugzilla Team recommends Apache.) Regardless of which webserver + the Bugzilla Team recommends Apache.) To check whether your web server + is correctly configured, try to access testagent.cgi + from your web server. If "OK" is displayed, then your configuration + is successful. Regardless of which web server you are using, however, ensure that sensitive information is not remotely available by properly applying the access controls in . You can run diff --git a/docs/xml/security.xml b/docs/xml/security.xml index 471f3af9b..751f2edea 100644 --- a/docs/xml/security.xml +++ b/docs/xml/security.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - + Bugzilla Security @@ -171,20 +171,19 @@ skip-networking
- Webserver + Web server
Disabling Remote Access to Bugzilla Configuration Files - There are many files that are placed in the Bugzilla directory - area that should not be accessable from the web. Because of the way - Bugzilla is currently layed out, the list of what should and should not - be accessible is rather complicated. A new installation method is - currently in the works which should solve this by allowing files that - shouldn't be accessible from the web to be placed in a directory outside - the webroot. See - bug 44659 - for more information. + + There are many files that are placed in the Bugzilla directory + area that should not be accessible from the web. Because of the way + Bugzilla is currently layed out, the list of what should and should not + be accessible is rather complicated. A quick way is to run + testserver.pl to check if your web server serves + Bugzilla files as expected. If not, you may want to follow the few + steps below. @@ -296,20 +295,16 @@ skip-networking properly blocked. Of particular interest is the localconfig file which contains your database password. Also, be aware that many editors create temporary and backup files in the working directory and that - those should also not be accessable. For more information, see + those should also not be accessible. For more information, see bug 186383 or Bugtraq ID 6501. - To test, simply point your web browser at the file; for example, to - test mozilla.org's installation, we'd try to access - . You should get - a 403 Forbidden - error. + To test, simply run testserver.pl, as said above. Be sure to check for instructions - specific to the webserver you use. + specific to the web server you use. -- cgit v1.2.3-24-g4f1b