[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 15:37:47 (+1000), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ] > Subject: Re: Why can't root check in files? > > However, I still think that I'm onto something good here - the cvs > control of Unix config files. Unfortunately, this sensible cvs feature > utterly prevents me from providing this useful facility.
You need to use some intermediate build process, which when necessary must be run as the superuser, to install your config files into their final resting place. Cfengine is one such solution to do this. However the maintenance of the source files and commits of their changes to CVS must be done by a real user-id, i.e. some user-id that represents exactly one real-world person. This is how accountability is maintained. -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 218-0098 VE3TCP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Planix, Inc. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Secrets of the Weird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs