> [ On Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at 11:03:38 (-0500), Larry Jones wrote: ] > > Subject: Re: what's to stop a developer from nuking the repository? > > > > I think that's still overstating the case. If you run CVS on a network > > where you can trust people enough that you're confortable running > > telnet or rlogin, then pserver is fine. > > Telnet and rlogin and similar still provide on heck of a lot more > accountability (over a trusted network) than pserver could ever possibly > do. > The key here is accountability, I think. pserver has effectively no accountability, and telnet/rlogin have some (as far as I know). > If you have a trusted network and you do feel comfortable with telnet > and rlogin then USE THEM -- DO NOT USE PSERVER. > The logic for using pserver over ssh would be that it's harder to set ssh up right. Not a really compelling reason, but it's all I can think of. However, setting rsh up is as trivial as setting pserver up, so I'd have to agree here. -- Now building a CVS reference site at http://www.thornleyware.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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