Re: [DotGNU]Butler = DGEE

[Peter Minten]

Chris Smith wrote:
> 
> But what is webshell?  I mean, it's a process of some sort... so wouldn't
> that be a natural component of the cdgee?  Which is what I was hinting at I
> think - that the 'auth' stuff could be deployed as a dgee component so comms
> with it can be done the same way as other dgee stuff.
> Just an idea - I need to know more about where (litterally)  webshell fits in
> etc.

How about this:
Webshell is a shell in the BASH sense, it executes commands from the command
line. Webshell is also a user-friendly DotGNU utility. The first Webshell can be
integrated into the DGEE I guess, let's call this the Webshell Server. The
second Webshell can use the first Webshell (you can translate GUI commands in
command line code) and there can be many variants of the second Webshell, so
let's call it the Webshell Client. The Webshell Clients don't have direct DGEE
access, they must use the Webshell Server.

IMHO this approach allows for a safe (a shell is easier to secure than a GUI,
less code) and user-friendly (you don't have to use the command line if you
don't want to) system.

Note that in this approach the Webshell Server is minimal. It only serves to
control the DGEE, nothing else. Extra features could be build in a Webshell
Client. I'm thinking for example of a webservice search engine and VRS
repository viewer. Webshell Client is as a command line utility something like
BASH and as a GUI something like Konqueror or Nautilus.

> Hey, we're fleshing this out a bit aren't we ? :o)

Yup.

Greetings,

Peter