On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 19:44:54 +0300 (IDT) Nir Tzachar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> but again, if you had hundreds of users, whose work you had to keep backed > up (and allow them to restore files online), what other solution would you > use?? we use several network appliance machines, exporting users' home > dirs via nfs. no better solution there. i think he was referring to using root-squash. it's an entirely pointless option and does not make the nfs exporting any more secure (disallowing root access to files like it would be allowed locally is pointless as if u are root - u can setuid/seteuid or su to the user id u need then do your dirty work - it just become more painful - that's all). that was his point - its an option that may mistakenly make people think their file exports are "more secure" :) > to sum things up, we currently cannot use entranced. we'd really like to. > we would patch it ourselves if we had more time to read the code > as always, the expected followup would say "dont expect anyone else to > scratch your itch". we dont expect it, and can make do till (if..) > someone else will fix it. if you dont consider it broken, then toughs for > us, but please let us know. you can use it - in a few minutes with no code changes. remove root squash. it's a pointless option (as above) :) entrance uses method A for writing the .Xautharity file ie write as root then chown. xdm uses method B - seteuid, then write. BOTH are valid methods but method A happens to not work over nfs with root-squash. since imho root-squash is a pointless option anyhow... both methods are equally valid :) -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
