Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:22:01 +0200 From: Jesper Skriver <jesper@FreeBSD.org> To: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Cc: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 5.1 Released! Message-ID: <20030610212201.GE83399@skriver.dk> In-Reply-To: <200306101420.h5AEK2Bb093464@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <Pine.GSO.4.50.0306110015560.619-100000@luna.rtfmconsult.com> <200306101420.h5AEK2Bb093464@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 04:20:02PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote: > jason andrade wrote: > > > On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > > > > That won't be possible, at least for me. I am FTP admin at > > > ftp7.de, but I am not root on that machine, so I cannot create > > > ssh accounts. Even if I was root there, I wouldn't be allowed to > > > create ssh accounts for "strangers", because it is a university > > > machine. (It doesn't matter whether the account is restricted to > > > one command via an ssh key.) > > > > that's a bummer. but perhaps we can come up with two sets of > > triggers. one is via ssh, the other is the more normal 'polling' > > system. the master updates a file.. which is periodically checked > > on some clients, and if the date in it is later than they > > previously had, it causes an update ? > > Yes, that would work, I guess. > > However, what's wrong with the e-mail idea? Neither of the 2 mirrors I maintain run a MTA, or has means of receiving mail - nor would I like to install/start a MTA on them, as it increase maintenance. But as mileage clearly wary, I would be nice to provide multiple methods, so each admin can choose the one they prefer. /Jesper
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