At 03:57 PM 12/7/2004 -0500, you wrote:
Scott,Do you have compelling arguments that the DA needs this ability? I'm happy to discuss them.Yes. Many web designers host their customer domains under their own account. When one of their customers does not pay them, having the ability to "disable" that domain is a major plus. The DA would not, under normal situations, disable "their own" domain. (it would have to be classified as an oops, if it even happened) Just the domain of the nonpaying customer. Having that ability will empower the DA to more fully control those domains that they are hosting under their account.The SA is me. The DA is the customer. Letting them more fully control the domains hosted in their account will allow them more control over their hosted domains.
I don't have this need and Scott outlined the risks well. In James' situation it sounds useful, but maybe it could be a SA option to allow/not allow this power for a domain/DA?
Andy
James Stormer Hosting http://www.stormerhosting.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Wiersdorf" <scottw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <cpx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 3:39 PM Subject: Re: [cpx] DA -- allow to disable a domain.On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 03:28:33PM -0500, Stormer's Cgi-Archive wrote:For the domain administrator, allow the ability to "disable" a domain. When disabling a domain, allow it to "knock" the domain "offline". (so it's not visible on the internet)This was done at the SA level, as you know, but not at the DA level. The idea was that an SA might disable a DA for non-payment, AUP violations, etc. and we didn't want the DA to be able to re-enable the domain. Also, in principle, we wanted to keep this kind of high level functionality to the SA, the SA being the one who would notice first any external problems or side effects which might require a domain to be taken down. Further, having a DA disable the domain they're currently working in would raise all kinds of problems. Imagine a DA disabling their only domain--all of the sudden they're booted out of the control panel (because they're accessing it via that domain) and now can't login to the control panel. Lots of questions. Do you have compelling arguments that the DA needs this ability? I'm happy to discuss them. Scott -- Scott Wiersdorf scottw@xxxxxxxxxxxx ====================================================================== This is <cpx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <http://www.groupmail.org/lists/cpx/> Before posting a question, please search the archives (see above URL).====================================================================== This is <cpx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <http://www.groupmail.org/lists/cpx/> Before posting a question, please search the archives (see above URL). --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.806 / Virus Database: 548 - Release Date: 12/5/2004
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