Simulate admin login process?

[rscof]

Is there a way to simulate the admin login to process the provision file, provide.xml? Was hoping for a API, http POST or web service call. I'm posting many small updates a day to the Miva V9 ready theme site, but really can't do that very efficiently if you have to login to the admin panel just to process the updates.

Thanks hoping for another way.

[ILoveHostasaurus]

If it's named pre-provide.xml it should get processed with just a request to the admin.mvc from a cron job.

[rscof]

Thank you for the recommendation. When I figure out the correct command line to use, I'll post it back here. Also, ir looks like from your response you just need to make a login request to admin.mvc without any user & password information, correct?

Thanks again

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

Thank you for the recommendation. When I figure out the correct command line to use, I'll post it back here. Also, ir looks like from your response you just need to make a login request to admin.mvc without any user & password information, correct?

Thanks again

Sure has hell hope not. Even though the file is located in a 'protected' directory, I would hope it wouldn't file until an actual admin login occurs.

[ILoveHostasaurus]

Sure has hell hope not. Even though the file is located in a 'protected' directory, I would hope it wouldn't file until an actual admin login occurs.

That is the purpose of that file, and that is how it works; this was documented back in the late 2000's. The directory in question also contains the database credentials for the store database, so if someone has intentionally modified the permissions of that not-web-accessible directory to facilitate unauthorized access to it by other users or software, being able to create an xml file isn't going to be any less secure than any other attack vector which could then be executed.

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

ok. didn't realize that, however, i was thinking of 'intention' not 'exploits'.l Meaning, if I have something uploading a pre-provide file, I want to intentionally run it, not necessarily run it unintentionally because I fat fingered (or moused) a bookmark to the admin. i guess one should ONLY place that file there when its ready to run regardless of anything else being in place.

[ILoveHostasaurus]

Yes, that's true, if it's a particularly large file and there are people working in the admin or cron jobs hitting the admin.mvc file, you'd want to upload it with a different name and then rename when ready.

[rscof]

Thanks guys for the info.
David I've created a ticket for help with creating the cron/wget command to request the admin.mvc function when you posted a few days back. Still waiting on that response from support.

[rscof]

Updating this thread with the solution. I've been able to process the pre-provide.xml automatically using the cron command "curl -s http://YOURDOMAIN/mm5/admin.mvc >dev/null"
Thanks for all the help!