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

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 absolute

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

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 measure

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

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 transparent

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), relative path

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 local daemon

[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

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 path

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 Tobi).

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 by