Re: [rrd-developers] [PATCH] rrd_client: Do not rewrite path names when accessing remote daemons.

2009-10-07 Thread Tobias Oetiker
Hi Sebastian, Today Sebastian Harl wrote: > Hi again, > > On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 11:36:42AM +0200, Florian Forster wrote: > > Wouldn't it be *much* simpler to simply let the user chose what to do? > > I. e. forbid absolute paths by default and only if the > > --i-know-what-i-am-doing-and-reall

Re: [rrd-developers] [PATCH] rrd_client: Do not rewrite path names when accessing remote daemons.

2009-10-07 Thread Tobias Oetiker
Today kevin brintnall wrote: > On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 11:36:42AM +0200, Florian Forster wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 01:14:24PM +0200, Tobias Oetiker wrote: > > > I think the current implementation where only relative paths are > > > allowed for remote access is fine, since this provides a

Re: [rrd-developers] [PATCH] rrd_client: Do not rewrite path names when accessing remote daemons.

2009-10-07 Thread kevin brintnall
On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 11:36:42AM +0200, Florian Forster wrote: > On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 01:14:24PM +0200, Tobias Oetiker wrote: > > I think the current implementation where only relative paths are > > allowed for remote access is fine, since this provides a measure of > > protection when people

Re: [rrd-developers] [PATCH] rrd_client: Do not rewrite path names when accessing remote daemons.

2009-10-07 Thread Sebastian Harl
Hi again, On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 11:36:42AM +0200, Florian Forster wrote: > Wouldn't it be *much* simpler to simply let the user chose what to do? > I. e. forbid absolute paths by default and only if the > --i-know-what-i-am-doing-and-really-need-absolute-paths-please > option is given accept a

Re: [rrd-developers] [PATCH] rrd_client: Do not rewrite path names when accessing remote daemons.

2009-10-07 Thread Sebastian Harl
Hi, On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 11:36:42AM +0200, Florian Forster wrote: > Wouldn't it be *much* simpler to simply let the user chose what to do? > I. e. forbid absolute paths by default and only if the > --i-know-what-i-am-doing-and-really-need-absolute-paths-please > option is given accept absolut

Re: [rrd-developers] [PATCH] rrd_client: Do not rewrite path names when accessing remote daemons.

2009-10-07 Thread Florian Forster
Hi, sorry if I'm bringing up a point that was already denied, but I have to admit that reading through that entire discussion is totally tiresome … On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 01:14:24PM +0200, Tobias Oetiker wrote: > I think the current implementation where only relative paths are > allowed for remo

Re: [rrd-developers] [PATCH] rrd_client: Do not rewrite path names when accessing remote daemons.

2009-10-04 Thread Sebastian Harl
Hi Benny, On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 02:22:40AM +0200, Benny Baumann wrote: > Am 04.10.2009 00:46, schrieb Sebastian Harl: > > On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 11:54:53PM +0200, Benny Baumann wrote: > >> Am 03.10.2009 23:36, schrieb Tobias Oetiker: > >>> Today Sebastian Harl wrote: > When talking to a lo

Re: [rrd-developers] [PATCH] rrd_client: Do not rewrite path names when accessing remote daemons.

2009-10-04 Thread Tobias Oetiker
Hi Sebastian, Today Sebastian Harl wrote: > Hi Benny, > > Thanks for your feedback! > > On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 11:54:53PM +0200, Benny Baumann wrote: > > Am 03.10.2009 23:36, schrieb Tobias Oetiker: > > > Today Sebastian Harl wrote: > > >> When talking to a local daemon (thru a UNIX socket), rel

Re: [rrd-developers] [PATCH] rrd_client: Do not rewrite path names when accessing remote daemons.

2009-10-04 Thread Tobias Oetiker
Hi Sebastian, Today Sebastian Harl wrote: > Hi Tobi, > > On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 11:36:11PM +0200, Tobias Oetiker wrote: > > Today Sebastian Harl wrote: > > > When talking to a local daemon (thru a UNIX socket), relative path names > > > are > > > resolved to absolute path names to allow for tr

Re: [rrd-developers] [PATCH] rrd_client: Do not rewrite path names when accessing remote daemons.

2009-10-03 Thread Benny Baumann
Hi, Am 04.10.2009 00:46, schrieb Sebastian Harl: > Hi Benny, > > Thanks for your feedback! > > On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 11:54:53PM +0200, Benny Baumann wrote: > >> Am 03.10.2009 23:36, schrieb Tobias Oetiker: >> >>> Today Sebastian Harl wrote: >>> When talking to a local daemon

Re: [rrd-developers] [PATCH] rrd_client: Do not rewrite path names when accessing remote daemons.

2009-10-03 Thread Sebastian Harl
Hi Benny, Thanks for your feedback! On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 11:54:53PM +0200, Benny Baumann wrote: > Am 03.10.2009 23:36, schrieb Tobias Oetiker: > > Today Sebastian Harl wrote: > >> When talking to a local daemon (thru a UNIX socket), relative path names > >> are > >> resolved to absolute path

Re: [rrd-developers] [PATCH] rrd_client: Do not rewrite path names when accessing remote daemons.

2009-10-03 Thread Sebastian Harl
Hi Tobi, On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 11:36:11PM +0200, Tobias Oetiker wrote: > Today Sebastian Harl wrote: > > When talking to a local daemon (thru a UNIX socket), relative path names are > > resolved to absolute path names to allow for transparent integration into > > existing solutions (as requested

Re: [rrd-developers] [PATCH] rrd_client: Do not rewrite path names when accessing remote daemons.

2009-10-03 Thread Benny Baumann
Hi, Am 03.10.2009 23:36, schrieb Tobias Oetiker: > Hi Sebastian, > > Today Sebastian Harl wrote: > >> When talking to a local daemon (thru a UNIX socket), relative path names are >> resolved to absolute path names to allow for transparent integration into >> existing solutions (as requested by

Re: [rrd-developers] [PATCH] rrd_client: Do not rewrite path names when accessing remote daemons.

2009-10-03 Thread Tobias Oetiker
Hi Sebastian, Today Sebastian Harl wrote: > When talking to a local daemon (thru a UNIX socket), relative path names are > resolved to absolute path names to allow for transparent integration into > existing solutions (as requested by Tobi). > > However, when talking to a remote daemon, absolute

[rrd-developers] [PATCH] rrd_client: Do not rewrite path names when accessing remote daemons.

2009-10-03 Thread Sebastian Harl
When talking to a local daemon (thru a UNIX socket), relative path names are resolved to absolute path names to allow for transparent integration into existing solutions (as requested by Tobi). However, when talking to a remote daemon, absolute path names are not allowed, since path name translati