On 20 July 2010 11:35, Bart Van Assche <[email protected]> wrote:
> Allowing on-the-fly changes of nsExtendArgs would have severe security 
> implications.

Surely that's the role of VACM ?


> My proposal for making on-the-fly argument specification
> possible is as follows:
> * Add a column in the nsExtendConfigTable with the purpose to allow
> on-the-fly argument specification, e.g. a column with type OCTET STRING and
> that triggers command execution when set.

> * Make it possible to let the extend directive in snmpd.conf accept that
> string, e.g. via a percent (%) code. Do this in such a way that extend
> directives using the current extend format ignore any on-the-fly arguments.


I would prefer to address the underlying problem - reviewing how processing
of configure files work in general.  If we can find a mechanism to support
SET requests on config-file directives safely, this would benefit *all*
configuration (current and future) - not just extend.

Dave

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