Require tutorials to be explicitly enabled

kottmann · Nov 12, 2012 · 1ae81dc · 1ae81dc
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diff --git a/config_template.py b/config_template.py
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@
 
 DEBUG = False
 
+### TUTORIALS
+# Unauthorised users can create tutorials (but not edit without a login)
+TUTORIALS = False
 
 ### LOG_LEVEL
 # If you are a developer you may want to turn on extensive server

diff --git a/tutorial.cgi b/tutorial.cgi
@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ from session import init_session, get_session
 
 from config import DATA_DIR
 
+# Tutorials have to be enabled explicitly since it modifies the disk
+try:
+    from config import TUTORIALS
+except ImportError:
+    TUTORIALS = False
+
+if not TUTORIALS:
+    print 'Content-Type: text/plain'
+    print ''
+    print 'Tutorials disabled on this server, please enable it in config.py'
+    print ''
+    exit(0)
+
 TUTORIAL_BASE = '.tutorials'
 TUTORIAL_START = "000-introduction"
 TUTORIAL_DATA_DIR = DATA_DIR