Item768: need a CFG{} tag, or docco for it

like %ENV%, we need a similarly restricted way to get to confugure settings.

rather than adding an infinite set of macros like %SITEPREFSTOPICNAME%

we'd use a much more maintainable %CFG{SitePrefsTopicName}%

I had thought that ENV already did this but it doesn't look that way - i'd be happy to have it added to ENV.

if it does exist, then it needs more docco - neither Isaac nor I could find it :/

-- SvenDowideit - 15 Jan 2009

Some settings need to be protected for security reasons. There are some that are standard e.g. $Foswiki::cfg{Password} and $Foswiki::cfg{SMTP{Password}. However, there are plugins that store credentials in there as well and in places you do not know in advance.

-- MichaelDaum - 15 Jan 2009

yes, just like ENV does, which is why i said like %ENV%, we need a similarly restricted way to get to confugure settings

-- SvenDowideit - 15 Jan 2009

So in LdapContrib, how would I protect the credentials of the proxy user that contacts the LDAP directory?

-- MichaelDaum - 15 Jan 2009

the docco on VarENV pretty much covers it - in short, you have to do NOTHING.

-- SvenDowideit - 15 Jan 2009

Gotcha (/me RTFMing)

-- MichaelDaum - 16 Jan 2009

I did debate doing this when I was doing %ENV. I decided against it because when I looked through the various cfg settings, I could see very little that was of value to anyone other than a footpad.

Surely this needs a feature request?

-- CrawfordCurrie - 17 Jan 2009

Setting to No Action. The %QUERY macro has access to {AccessibleCFG} parameters. as does %IF.

-- Main.GeorgeClark - 05 Jan 2015 - 01:10