Re: [Gnu-arch-users] multiple committers, again

[Jan Hudec]

On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 15:33:04 +1200, Martin Langhoff wrote:
> Robert,
> 
> I am going through the same issues, but with the view that it is
> approachable. We have come to get used to the tradeoffs in other SCMs
> (I have accepted/endured a fair share with CVS). The mechanisms and
> tradeoffs are different with tla.

> Some notes on your alternatives...
> 
> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 15:57:32 -0500, Robert Anderson <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 0) set a umask which doesn't strip g+w in startup files
> > 1) use a shared account
> 
> Those are the options I would focus on. The umask option is in fact a
> combination of a sticky group ownership plus a suitable umask. For
> "local" users, someone has posted a minimalistic shell wrapper that
> sets the umask (rather than in your startup file!).
> 
> For remote users using sftp, you should be able to tell the sftp
> server to enforce the umask in the Arch repository directory.

Could you please tell us just how to do it? I can't even find any way to
set umask anywhere on the remote side (there is a command to set it on
the local side, but that won't help).

> > shared accounts are expressly forbidden
> 
> Shared accounts are still a good idea for repositories with remote
> access. The account should be an 'sftp-only' account, which is
> hopefully reasonable to ask for. Set /bin/false for the shell and
> restrict it from sshd_config to only sftp. Can't do any damage like
> that ;)

In a big computer lab, it's usualy simply forbidden and noone will bother
to change anything for arch.

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                                                 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec 
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