Manage.cgi - turning off auto-renew, and documentation

From: Chuck Hatcher (chatcher@ashland-ky.net)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 11:28:16 EST


I am in the process of upgrading my production manage.cgi to allow renewals
(previously I have required customers to use renew.cgi). I do not want to
implement auto-renew.

The latest OpenSRS Perl Client Manual (for 2.51) does not explain the
OpenSRS.conf options "allow_renewals" or "allow_auto_renewal_message" for
manage.cgi . I have noticed that setting "allow_auto_renewal_message" to 0
does not disable auto-renew from manage.cgi. The auto-renew code seems to
be dispersed throughout manage.cgi and will take a little work to eradicate.
Before I do that, I want to make sure I haven't missed something.

What is the intention behind the auto-renew implementation, and the purpose
of the manage.cgi flags included in OpenSRS.conf? Is there a way to turn
this feature off without a lot of code modification? There must be a lot of
RSP's like myself who do not want to allow auto-renewals due to the
potential billing nightmare.

I'd appreciate any helpful tips or suggestions.



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