Access to Database

[oo7josh]

I was wondering if there was a way to give staff of your site access to PHP MyAdmin and access to the database to do things like recompile and debug and change it???

 

[Xemnas]

I was wondering if there was a way to give staff of your site access to PHP MyAdmin and access to the database to do things like recompile and debug and change it???

Did you mean such as global mods and such on a forum? If so, not unless you give them your cPanel login (and they certainly couldn't access the server itself). If you meant x10 staff, the admins can use WHM (Web Host Manager) to manage your account, and they would have access to the server itself.

 

[oo7josh]

well i was thinking of the first way, cause my board has some faulty code which has to be fixed...
And i don't really want to give out access to the whole web site to mods and all...
Is there something like what the admins use to let my mods use the database, or is there someway of giving php my admin outside of cpanel?

 

[kajasweb]

First of all, I won't recommend giving Access to phpMyAdmin for your Moderators.

If you want, you can install a new phpMyAdmin in your webspace and configure it to have users and you should take enough care that your Moderators canNOT do ALL Major actions like EMPTY & DROP. Better, you can provide them EDIT-ONLY only (i.e., No Insert. No Delete ONLY Update). Though this method is also having some risks... If used in a bad way, they can edit to have NULL data in your database.

Concluding... I would say that phpMyAdmin is dangerous for your site when given access to members other than YOU.

Anyhow.. All the best..

 

[oo7josh]

Yea, you are right sorry when i said moderarotrs i meant other admins...
And also how can i give them access to the database?

 

[kajasweb]

If you're sure that those ADMINs won't do any harm to your site and DB, you can install phpMyAdmin in your Webspace. Configure it with users (for your admins) having necessary permissions to manage your website.

I just want to give one more suggestion. Don't give access to the database in which you have installed phpMyAdmin to your Admins. They MAY get access to the tables having their Authentication details & Permissions.