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--- howto:preview_fits_images_with_rts2-xmlrpcd [2009/08/30 07:56] – wildi
+++ howto:preview_fits_images_with_rts2-xmlrpcd [Unknown date] (current) – external edit (Unknown date) 127.0.0.1
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 ===== Prerequisites =====
   * Update your RTS2 source tree to the latest revision (e.g. 6216).
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 </code>
-  * If not existent create in the root directory / of your system the directory named ''/images''
+  * If not existent create in the root directory / of your system the directory named ''/images''.
-  * Copy an example FITS file, preferably created with RTS2, to  ''/images''
+  * Copy an example FITS file, preferably created with RTS2, to ''/images''.
   * Connect to the postgres database and add a username, password to the table ''users'', e.g.
 <code bash>  insert into users values ('USERNAME', 'SECRETPASSWORD', NULL, 'name@example.com', 1);</code>
-  *
 ===== (Pre-)view the FITS images =====
-{{ :howto:preview.jpg?321|The preview seen in the browser.}}
+{{ howto:preview.jpg?200|The preview seen in the browser.}}
   * Start the daemon interactively with <code>rts2-xmlrpcd  -i</code>
-  * Enter the URL http://your.system.tld:8889/preview/images into a browser, (e.g. {{ http://petr:test@bootes2.homeip.net:8889/preview/images/2009/20090823/00004/ }})
+  * To preview the images enter the URL ''http://your.system.tld:8889/preview/images'' into a browser, (for an example see [[http://petr:test@bootes2.rts2.org:8889/preview/images/|Bootes2]]).
+  * To view the images click on the thumbnail.
+===== Security  =====
+''rts2-xmlrpcd'' maps a browser request, e.g. ''http://your.system.tld::8889/preview/'' to the root directory /
+trying to display all but only files with the extension ''.fits''. That implies that the directory structure of the system and all FITS images therein are exposed to public view.