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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells
- From: seth AT swoolley.homeip.net
- To: David Kowis <dkowis AT shlrm.org>
- Cc: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org, Arjan Bouter <abouter AT sourcemage.org>
- Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells
- Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:27:06 -0700
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 07:56:16AM -0500, David Kowis wrote:
> Arjan Bouter wrote:
> > In the last couple of weeks it happened a few times that important
> > spells like linux-pam and shadow got broken by updated spells.
> > Needless to say it's annoying when I've got to fix a spell just to
> > be allowed access to my own box...
> >
> > Mathieu (lejatorn) and I were talking on #sourcemage about
> > restricting access to certain important spells to component leads
> > and a few selected devs chosen by those leads.
> > We think anything related to boot/login should get on that list of
> > spells.
> >
> > Any thoughts on this?
> >
>
> Only one. I know we keep the bar low for entry. I like that, and I think
> that's a good thing. A few patches, a bit of work in bugzilla fixing
> things and you get yourself scm access.
>
> However, something to think about. By giving those people scm access,
> we're basically allowing them indirect root shell access on every single
> SMGL box there is.
>
> This has nothing to do with the current issue, but something that's been
> nagging at the back of my mind...
That's why we send out scm diffs of edits. An open society takes risks,
but develops conventions to minimize damage.
Seth
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Jeremy Blosser, 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Arjan Bouter, 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Jeremy Blosser, 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Arjan Bouter, 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Jeremy Blosser, 07/13/2006
- Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells, Arjan Bouter, 07/13/2006
- Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells, Jeremy Blosser, 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Jeremy Blosser, 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Arjan Bouter, 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Jeremy Blosser, 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Arjan Bouter, 07/13/2006
- Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells, Mathieu L., 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Jeremy Blosser, 07/13/2006
- Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells, Arjan Bouter, 07/13/2006
- Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells, seth, 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Arjan Bouter, 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Andrew, 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Treeve Jelbert, 07/13/2006
- Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells, Eric Sandall, 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Treeve Jelbert, 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Flavien Bridault, 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Ladislav Hagara, 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Arjan Bouter, 07/14/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Jeremy Blosser, 07/15/2006
- Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells, Flavien Bridault, 07/16/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Jeremy Blosser, 07/15/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Arjan Bouter, 07/14/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Ladislav Hagara, 07/13/2006
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Re: [SM-Discuss] restricting access to important spells,
Andrew, 07/13/2006
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