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Re: 7.4C /etc/athena/config_afs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Basch)
Wed May 27 17:41:38 1992
Date: Wed, 27 May 92 17:41:02 -0400
To: John Carr <jfc@MIT.EDU>
Cc: testers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: John Carr's message of Wed, 27 May 1992 17:11:35 EDT,
From: "Richard Basch" <basch@MIT.EDU>
Incorrect; you can delete cells (I brought that up as a requirement).
In SuidCells.local:
-sipb.mit.edu
local.mit.edu
This will remove sipb.mit.edu from the list of trusted cells and add
local.mit.edu to the list...
However, there is no -* for ignoring all cells listed in the global
file; that was strictly prohibited in the design...
Design goals:
o Allow Athena to add new "trusted" cells.
o Allow the user to add/remove from the list.
However, in the design, wildcarding was considered bad because at some
point Athena may decide that it wishes to move its system packs to a new
cell, and such wildcarding may cause the workstation owners to
unknowingly lose. For example if they had the following:
-*
syspacks.athena.mit.edu
And then Athena decides to move the system packs to:
m4.athena.mit.edu
m11.athena.mit.edu
(by building), then the workstation owners would have problems.
The current design requires that the workstation owner make a conscious
effort to hurt themselves.
I am simply writing the reply; the change was mainly championed by Jeff
(and the ability to delete cells was championed by me).
Does someone in management wish to make an official statement?
-Richard
