>>>>> "Larry" == Larry Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm considering making some enhancements to the CVSROOT/passwd
> file format and I'd like people's opinions:
> First, I'd like to interpret "*" in the password field as "the
> system password for this user". That would allow people who are
> not concerned with network security to use system passwords
> along with user mapping. For example, one could have a
> CVSROOT/passwd that looked like:
> john:*:cvsadmin lisa:*:cvsadmin bill:*:cvsuser anne:*:cvsuser
Been there done that. This works nice. The current CVS doesn't
permit mapping when you want to use a system password.
> instead of having to give everyone separate CVS passwords or
> copy their system passwords into CVSROOT/passwd and then having
> to worry about keeping them in sync.
> Second, I'd like to interpret "*" in the username field as "any
> system user". That would allow even more simplification -- for
> example:
> *:*:cvsuser
I'm a little hesitant on this one. Often repository owners want to
limit access.
> could be used to allow any system user to run CVS; or
> *:asdfghjklqwer:nobody
> could be used to allow anyone who knows the password to run CVS.
> An interesting side-effect of these changes is that the
> SystemAuth config option would no longer be needed:
> *:*
> is equivalent to SystemAuth=yes, and
> *:x
> (or any other impossible password) is equivalent to
> SystemAuth=no. This has the added advantage of keeping all the
> password-related stuff in one place.
Hummm. This is an interesting side effect. I need to think a bit
more on this one.
My $0.02,
Mike Sutton | public class
SAIC | software_failure : management_failure
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