Re: CVS Account Request
| From: | Sascha Schumann | Date: | Wed, 15 Nov 2000 21:45:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: CVS Account Request | ||
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> > We can regulate the access to various modules using ACLs. No
> > need to divide repositories per se. Having said that, I see
> > currently no reason to regulate that much further.
>
> I do. If ACL's are powerful enough, giving extension coders access only to
> their extension is a good idea as well. If people don't take it
> 'personally' as some sort of an insult, but take it for what it is - give
> them access to what they need access to - things will be much better
> off. Much like you don't give your friends root access, not because you
> think they'll screw things up, but because you just don't.
I wouldn't mind giving anyone root access on an isolated box
with backups and detailed logs available.
That is exactly the situation we face with CVS today. If
someone screws up, just replay your backup.
I'd like to hear someone with experience using ACL systems in
CVS. How fine-grained are they? Are they easy enough to
admininistrate?
- Sascha