Thanks Ethan!!

John

On Sep 22, 2011, at 9:07 AM, Ethan Quach wrote:

> John,
> 
> The changes look ok to me.
> 
> thanks,
> -ethan
> 
> 
> On 09/21/11 21:06, John Fischer wrote:
>> Ethan, Seth and Drew,
>> 
>> Please review the following webrev for this issue:
>> 
>> https://cr.opensolaris.org/action/browse/caiman/johnfisc/7093477-tftp-permissions-3
>> https://cr.opensolaris.org/action/browse/caiman/johnfisc/7093477-tftp-permissions-diff2
>> 
>> This removes the ownership changes but retains the permission
>> changes as Ethan requested.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> On 09/21/11 07:53 PM, Ethan Quach wrote:
>>> Hi John,
>>> 
>>> On 09/21/11 18:37, John Fischer wrote:
>>>> Ethan,
>>>> 
>>>> That question is really for the previous webrev (i.e., the 000 permission 
>>>> CR).
>>>> But ....  I can change it to root/root.  I thought that webservd/webservd 
>>>> was a
>>>> fine ownership since it is used by the webserver.  I did not realize that 
>>>> it was
>>>> also used by tftpd.  Actually, I did but didn't think about it I guess.
>>> 
>>> I issue I have with changing its ownership is that it really seem 
>>> non-standard .  As a user, when I want to serve something from a webserver, 
>>> I don't change my files' ownership, I just make sure its accessible by the 
>>> webserver.  Unless you or I or anyone else can think of a reason why the 
>>> image dir *needs* to be owned by webservd, I don't think we should set it 
>>> that way.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I can also change the ownership if you like.  I wanted to limit the 
>>>> exposure
>>>> hence the permission and ownership settings.  root/root and 555 is fine 
>>>> too.
>>>> 
>>>> It just means more changes.
>>> 
>>> More changes wrt the code for this bufix but, really, less compared to what 
>>> is there for 173.  IMO I think changing it back is less risky.
>>> 
>>> May I suggest that rather than explicitly setting ownership to root, just 
>>> not touch ownership at all.  Just fix up the perms.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> thanks,
>>> -ethan
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> John
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 21, 2011, at 5:47 PM, Ethan Quach wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> John,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have another question (which again might root back to the previous fix, 
>>>>> but it's evaluation doesn't really explain much).  Why do we need to make 
>>>>> the dir owned by webservd at all?  It's readable by all others now, so I 
>>>>> don't see why we don't leave it owned by the user who is creating it 
>>>>> (root in this case).
>>>>> 
>>>>> The image dir doesn't have to same requirements as some of the other 
>>>>> files that we're making owned by webservd, so setting it's ownership 
>>>>> seems superfluous.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -ethan
>>>>> (sent from my phone.)
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 21, 2011, at 3:41 PM, John Fischer<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> All,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have an updated webrev located at:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> https://cr.opensolaris.org/action/browse/caiman/johnfisc/7093477-tftp-permissions-2
>>>>>> https://cr.opensolaris.org/action/browse/caiman/johnfisc/7093477-tftp-permissions-diff
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The new permissions are 755 (rwxr-xr-x).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have tested this in a similar manor as before.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> John
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 09/21/11 03:19 PM, Seth Goldberg wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>    FWIW,  I think 755 is definitely adequate.  I don't see a reason to 
>>>>>>> go with 775, either.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --S
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Sep 21, 2011, at 3:11 PM, John Fischer wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Ethan,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 555 actually will work for both failures (this and 000 permissions 
>>>>>>>> issue).
>>>>>>>> We need at least RWX for the owner.  I think that we can get away with
>>>>>>>> 755.  However, I am not 100% comfortable making a permission too
>>>>>>>> tight at this point in time.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Do you want me to change the permissions to 755?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> John
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 09/21/11 03:04 PM, Ethan Quach wrote:
>>>>>>>>> John,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> This question might root back to the previous fix, but why 775?  Why 
>>>>>>>>> doesn't 755 work?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -ethan
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 09/21/11 14:54, John Fischer wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> All,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Can I get a couple of folks to look at the webrev for CR 7093477:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> http://monaco.us.oracle.com/detail.jsf?cr=7093477
>>>>>>>>>>   unable to boot x86 client with newly created service
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> This issue prevents x86 clients from being able to boot
>>>>>>>>>> into the install environment.  Essentially the new permission
>>>>>>>>>> changes prevent tftpd from reading the image directories.
>>>>>>>>>> The fix is simply to make the directory have 775 permissions.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> The webrev is located at:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> https://cr.opensolaris.org/action/browse/caiman/johnfisc/7093477-tftp-permissions
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I have tested both the web interface via firefox (i.e., webservd
>>>>>>>>>> can read the directory) and the client can get to the image.
>>>>>>>>>> Mary has also tested that the client gets an image now.
>>>>>>>>>> I swore I tested both parts before but obviously missed it.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> John
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