[1565] in Moira
Re: access_list() fixes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Garry Zacheiss)
Fri Jun 2 05:29:42 2000
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To: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
cc: Garry Zacheiss <zacheiss@MIT.EDU>, moiradev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 02 Jun 2000 00:16:17 EDT."
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Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 05:29:37 -0400
From: Garry Zacheiss <zacheiss@MIT.EDU>
>> Shouldn't that be strlen(newname)>5 ? (including the hyphen)
Well, it depends on whether we want to stop someone from taking the
list name "sp00-". I don't think it really matters one way or the
other. It can be 5 if that gives you warm fuzzies.
>> What happens if MR_RESERVED is returned to an old client that doesn't
>> know what it means? Or is the explanatory string the thinng that is
>> actually sent over the net?
The client will print "Unknown error code 71" or whatever like any
com_err application would. This shouldn't stop us from adding new error
codes, since the logical conclusion is that we should never add another
error code again. People with local moira clients earn no pity if
they're not clueful enough to cope.
Garry
