Creating a Login Key for DNS control only which command do I need?

[Tristan]

I want to create a Login Key for someone just to be able to control the DNS. If I just select these two:

CMD_DNS_CONTROL
CMD_DNS_MX

I'm able to login with that Login Key but the page keeps refreshing over and over, this user has the standard layout selected. Am I missing something, should I give access to more commands?

 

[Richard G]

but the page keeps refreshing over and over, this user has the standard layout selected.

You might want to check in the user's user.conf file if the skin and the skin docroot is set the same.

 

[Tristan]

docsroot=./data/skins/evolution
skin=evolution

Is that same-ish enough?

 

[Tristan]

Anyone else any idea which commands need to be enabled for this to work?

 

[johannes]

Hi Tristan, was you able to solve this problem? I`m stuck at the same prob, site reloading over and over very fast in a loop, also another guy with this prob is here https://forum.directadmin.com/threa...through-cmd_api_login_keys.64592/#post-369922
.. maybe its a bug?

 

[Tristan]

Hi there Johannes,

It's more of an omission in the documentation for this Login Key feature I guess. DirectAdmin only refers to https://www.directadmin.com/api.html but that doesn't mention which commands are minimally required to have the DirectAdmin user interface working correctly. Please check /var/log/directadmin/security.log on your server though, this might give you a hint on what's still missing. The conclusion for me was that I didn't enable CMD_WIDGET which is apparently necessary to render the user interface.

 

[johannes]

check /var/log/directadmin/security.log
enable CMD_WIDGET which is apparently necessary

Hi Tristan, thanks, that helped me a lot! Yes it was CMD_WIDGET missing, but also CMD_PLUGINS according to the logs and my testing. Now I can login with the keys, but the next problem is, due to the needed CMD_PLUGINS it shows also the plugins which I dont want them to have access to , aka Softaculous, Sitepad, JetPack and Template Selector. And when I deactivate CMD_PLUGINS, I have again the always refreshing loginpage. Seems kinda bug to me. Can anybode confirm this?

 

[matkra]

Hi Tristan, thanks, that helped me a lot! Yes it was CMD_WIDGET missing, but also CMD_PLUGINS according to the logs and my testing. Now I can login with the keys, but the next problem is, due to the needed CMD_PLUGINS it shows also the plugins which I dont want them to have access to , aka Softaculous, Sitepad, JetPack and Template Selector. And when I deactivate CMD_PLUGINS, I have again the always refreshing loginpage. Seems kinda bug to me. Can anybode confirm this?

I have a similar problem. I would like to give access only to PMA, but to successful log in, access to CMD _PLUGINS and CMD_WIDGET must be enabled. For me it's also some kind of bug or limitation of login keys functionality.

 

[johannes]

They wrote that they have fixed it in v1.660 RC in the beta channel https://docs.directadmin.com/changelog/version-1.660.html#infinite-reload , but in the meantime the item vanished again from the changelog, so I am not sure if its fixed or not in 1.660 final. Maybe @fln can tell us more?