[MDL-72621] Drop support for $CFG->admin - Moodle Tracker

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Type: Improvement
Status: Closed
Priority: Minor
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 4.0
Fix Version/s: 3.9.11, 3.10.8, 3.11.4
Component/s: Administration
Labels:
- ci
- release_notes
- triaged

Affected Branches:
MOODLE_400_STABLE
Fixed Branches:
MOODLE_310_STABLE, MOODLE_311_STABLE, MOODLE_39_STABLE
Pull from Repository:
git://github.com/andrewnicols/moodle.git
Pull 3.9 Branch:
~~MDL-72621~~-39
Pull 3.9 Diff URL:
https://github.com/andrewnicols/moodle/compare/921bc07f2b...MDL-72621-39
Pull 3.11 Branch:
~~MDL-72621~~-311
Pull 3.11 Diff URL:
https://github.com/andrewnicols/moodle/compare/1a63bccf46...MDL-72621-311
Pull Master Branch:
~~MDL-72621~~-master
Pull Master Diff URL:
https://github.com/andrewnicols/moodle/compare/214adb7984...MDL-72621-master
Testing Instructions:
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Navigate to Site administration -> Server -> Environment

Select Moodle 4.0

Find the "Other checks" section

Confirm that there is no mention of a failed admin check for admin_dir_usage

Edit the config.php and set $CFG->admin = 'altadmin';

Symlink the admin directory to altadmin:

ln -s admin altadmin

Refresh the environment check

Confirm that the admin check for admin_dir_usage fails and has a warning advising that you are using a custom admin directory which will be deprecated
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Navigate to Site administration -> Server -> Environment Select Moodle 4.0 Find the "Other checks" section Confirm that there is no mention of a failed admin check for admin_dir_usage Edit the config.php and set $CFG->admin = 'altadmin'; Symlink the admin directory to altadmin : ln -s admin altadmin Refresh the environment check Confirm that the admin check for admin_dir_usage fails and has a warning advising that you are using a custom admin directory which will be deprecated

Description

As discussed, voted, and agreed in ~~MDL-72194~~, the configurable $CFG->admin path feature will be deprecated from Moodle 4.0.

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MDL-72194 Policy discussion: Drop support for $CFG->admin

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Assignee:: Andrew Lyons

Reporter:: Andrew Lyons

Peer reviewer:: Ilya Tregubov

Integrator:: Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)

Tester:: Gladys Basiana

Participants:: Andrew Lyons, CiBoT, Eloy Lafuente (stronk7), Gladys Basiana, Ilya Tregubov

Component watchers:: David Woloszyn, Huong Nguyen, Jake Dallimore, Meirza, Michael Hawkins, Raquel Ortega, Safat Shahin, Stevani Andolo

Votes:: 2 Vote for this issue

Watchers:: 7 Start watching this issue

Dates

Created:: 20/Sep/21 10:54 PM

Updated:: 02/Nov/21 8:41 PM

Resolved:: 08/Oct/21 7:27 PM

Fix Release Date:: 8/Nov/21

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