Re: CVSROOT write permission vulnerability

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Wednesday, January 22, 2003 at 08:37:52 (-0600), address@hidden wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: CVSROOT write permission vulnerability
>
> I'm starting to wonder if removing :local: mode might not be a bad
> thing.  It would make things more awkward on single-computer
> installations (at home I use it on the Linux box, and pserver on
> the Macs and Windows box), but it would stop people from doing
> something natural that turns out to be dangerous.

"more awkward" is a vast understatement.

The ":local:" mode is critical for good performance at many sites.

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                                                                Greg A. Woods

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