Where would be the wisest place to intervene in the code to limit the extensions? Basically, I will just check to see if the extension matches a certain list of permitted extensions. I would guess somewhere in config/gimppluginconfig.c or plugin/gimpplugin.c? Thanks for all your help, Mitchell On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Michael Schumacher <schumaml@xxxxxx> wrote: > On 12.06.2013 19:23, Mitchell Verter wrote: > >> What is the best way to constrain the filetype plug-ins available to >> the end user? > > > Depends on how elaborate you want this to be: > > - removing the plug-ins is one option > - restricting access to them with ACLs or file permissons is another > - moving them to different folders and then doing the same as above is yet > another option > - moving them to different folders and then distributing different > configurations according to users groups (e.g. > http://www.gimp.org/man/gimp.html#sect4) is yet another > > >> I've been looking around the plug-ins folder but am not sure whether >> this is my best place to intervene. > > > Depends on which of the options above make you go "how...?" or "ah, of > course...!", respectively. > > > -- > HTH, > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
