[information] Patch for read-only mode (zerobin archive, disallow new pastes)

[zertrin]

This is not an issue per se, just wanted to share with the community how I turned my old zerobin instance into read-only mode.

Why?

Due to 1 I decided to not migrate the existing zerobin data to PrivateBin, as it would forever lock me on an old version (1.2.1) of it. I have thus setup a new, empty PrivateBin instance for myself, on a separate URL.

Because I still wanted existing pastes from my old zerobin instance to continue to be available at their existing URLs, I have decided to patch zerobin into a "read-only" mode instead.

How?

TL;DR: see this commit: zertrin@a3059fd (which is just on top of the latest master commit here, so it should apply cleanly)

Changes:

• Edited the PHP code to return a descriptive error unconditionally if data is posted. (this enforces read-only mode)
• Edited the JavaScript code to hide all UI elements that normally lead to states where we can create data, and added read-only information status to inform users.

[rugk]

Thanks, that sounds like a good idea. I have linked this in the PrivateBin wiki at https://github.com/PrivateBin/PrivateBin/wiki/Configuration#zerobincompatibility.