----- Original Message ----- From: "Bert De Vuyst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 1:34 PM Subject: [Vserver] vrpm code questions
> > Hello, > > After looking at the code of tool vrpm (part of vserver and util-vserver), I > have some questions. > > 1. The location of /vservers is hardcoded in this tool. > I think it's at better idea use the option VSERVERS_ROOT=/vservers in this > script and to use $VSERVERS_ROOT inside the script. > In case of the vserver package by Jacques, the next lines > if [ -f /etc/vservers.conf ] ; then > source /etc/vservers.conf > fi > would be a usefull idea to set the $VSERVERS_ROOT. > > 2. In case the vserver is not running, the script starts a new security > context. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's not a good idea. > Why? Some people have a backup of there vservers on a spare machine in case > there serverhardware fails. If they run vrpm on the spare machine, vrpm will > startup the vservers to update the packages. This can cause a problem as the > IP-address of the vserver is in use by the vserver running on the master > server, and you end up running 2 vservers using the same IP-address. > I think it would be beter to use chroot to run rpm in case the vserver is > down. I think that it's better that vrpm is ran in it's own security context, rather than just a chroot jail. But a security context can be started without starting the fakeinit can't it? Sam _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
