Re: what's to stop a developer from nuking the repository?

[david]

> [ On Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at 11:03:38 (-0500), Larry Jones wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: what's to stop a developer from nuking the repository?
> >
> > I think that's still overstating the case.  If you run CVS on a network
> > where you can trust people enough that you're confortable running
> > telnet or rlogin, then pserver is fine.
> 
> Telnet and rlogin and similar still provide on heck of a lot more
> accountability (over a trusted network) than pserver could ever possibly
> do.
>
The key here is accountability, I think.  pserver has effectively no
accountability, and telnet/rlogin have some (as far as I know).
 
> If you have a trusted network and you do feel comfortable with telnet
> and rlogin then USE THEM -- DO NOT USE PSERVER.
>
The logic for using pserver over ssh would be that it's harder to set
ssh up right.  Not a really compelling reason, but it's all I can think
of.  However, setting rsh up is as trivial as setting pserver up, so
I'd have to agree here.
 
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