On Friday 05 September 2003 09:30, Ivan Popov wrote: > > Essentially, it appears that once a user has root access and is in > > disconnected mode, that user can do anything with cached Coda files. > > Isn't this bad? > > Yes it is, but you cannot avoid trusting the hardware anyway, and in Unix > root is at the same level - you cannot avoid root, by any means. > > Of course, a certain kind of situations like stolen laptop is more > pleasant when you do not have cached files. You have to choose - either > disconnected operation, or "no files locally".
Maybe a command that deletes any files from the cache that have been synchronised succesfully with the server is a good idea? -- Frank Van Damme http://www.openstandaarden.be ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Je pense, donc je suis brevet�."
