Re: [E-devel] entrance problem with nfs

2005-07-06 Thread The Rasterman
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 16:21:05 +1000 Nick Blievers [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: Aren't we talking about a really trivial patch here? I dont have the means to test this, but something like this should work right? (the debug logging may not, and I know nothing about XauLockAuth and what it

Re: [E-devel] entrance problem with nfs

2005-07-06 Thread Nick Blievers
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 16:21:05 +1000 Nick Blievers [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: Aren't we talking about a really trivial patch here? I dont have the means to test this, but something like this should work right? (the debug logging may not, and I know

Re: [E-devel] entrance problem with nfs

2005-07-04 Thread Nick Blievers
Aren't we talking about a really trivial patch here? I dont have the means to test this, but something like this should work right? (the debug logging may not, and I know nothing about XauLockAuth and what it requires), but what is been asked for is very trivial. Nick eg Index:

Re: [E-devel] entrance problem with nfs

2005-07-04 Thread The Rasterman
On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 08:55:13 +0300 Nir Tzachar [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: 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

Re: [E-devel] entrance problem with nfs

2005-07-04 Thread Nir Tzachar
On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 16:21 +1000, Nick Blievers wrote: Aren't we talking about a really trivial patch here? I dont have the means to test this, but something like this should work right? (the debug logging may not, and I know nothing about XauLockAuth and what it requires), but what is

Re: [E-devel] entrance problem with nfs

2005-07-04 Thread Nir Tzachar
the patch works. thanks a lot. would it be included in the cvs --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more!

Re: [E-devel] entrance problem with nfs

2005-07-03 Thread Ibukun Olumuyiwa
Nir Tzachar wrote: On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 09:38 -0500, Ibukun Olumuyiwa wrote: Nir Tzachar wrote: hello. entrance have a problem with users whose home dirs reside on nfs. if the nfs export is set to root-squash, entrance does not succeed in creating the authentication file (.Xauthority). i

Re: [E-devel] entrance problem with nfs

2005-07-03 Thread Nir Tzachar
Of course. Since I wrote the stupid program myself, I have no idea what the heck I'm talking about. I'd give you an answer but you don't deserve one, so I'll let you figure it out on your own, oh wise one. why the attitude? have i insulted you in any way? i dont think so. even so, i

Re: [E-devel] entrance problem with nfs

2005-07-03 Thread Cristalle Azundris Sabon
This is getting out of hand. Please, everybody, go back to your respective corners for some time out. We will proceed around the same time tomorrow, hopefully with cooler heads. Thank you. Azundris! --- SF.Net email is sponsored

Re: [E-devel] entrance problem with nfs

2005-07-03 Thread Nir Tzachar
1. You have a question. A somewhat silly one, but a question nonetheless. YOU consider it silly. 2. You post it to the developers list hoping for an answer. first posted to the user list, got no answer. then posted to devel list, got no answer. reposted, got an answer after several

Re: [E-devel] entrance problem with nfs

2005-07-03 Thread The Rasterman
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

Re: [E-devel] entrance problem with nfs

2005-07-03 Thread Nir Tzachar
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

Re: [E-devel] entrance problem with nfs

2005-07-02 Thread Nir Tzachar
On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 09:38 -0500, Ibukun Olumuyiwa wrote: Nir Tzachar wrote: hello. entrance have a problem with users whose home dirs reside on nfs. if the nfs export is set to root-squash, entrance does not succeed in creating the authentication file (.Xauthority). i guess the

Re: [E-devel] entrance problem with nfs

2005-06-30 Thread Ibukun Olumuyiwa
Nir Tzachar wrote: hello. entrance have a problem with users whose home dirs reside on nfs. if the nfs export is set to root-squash, entrance does not succeed in creating the authentication file (.Xauthority). i guess the problem is it does not set it's uid at the appropriate time, but im