[Dazuko-help] Perl

[Mike Cardwell]

Hi,

I've just been reading this:

http://dazuko.dnsalias.org/wiki/index.php/Writing_Apps_HOWTO

I would like to write an application to interact with Dazuko, but I'm 
not a C programmer. I am however a Perl programmer. I have an idea how 
you could open up the applications to many other languages which will 
probably help the uptake of the app.

I'll describe a C app which could do this:

The app waits for the existance of a unix socket to appear, at eg:
/var/run/dazuko/dazuko.sock

When that happens it registers with DazukoFS. When the socket disappears 
it unregisters with DazukoFS.

Whilst the socket exists, the app writes the access information to the 
socket and waits for an allow/deny response from it to forward back to 
DazukoFS.

That way, any language that can read/write to a unix socket can be used 
to interact with DazukoFS.

If such an app where to be created, I would be happy to create and 
maintain a CPAN module for Perl applications to interact with DazukoFS.

I understand that the most efficient method would be to just write the 
whole app in C, but for many users, my method would be "good enough"

The C app that sits in the middle could be configurable to reduce the 
amount of requests that are forwarded onto the socket. Eg, to only 
forward write requests and allow all read. Or to deny all write requests 
and forward all read requests.

Does that sound reasonable?

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Mike Cardwell - IT Consultant and LAMP developer
Cardwell IT Ltd. (UK Reg'd Company #06920226) http://cardwellit.com/