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Re: checkout/commit onto/from shared disks.
From: |
Greg A. Woods |
Subject: |
Re: checkout/commit onto/from shared disks. |
Date: |
Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:49:28 -0400 (EDT) |
[ On Tuesday, June 17, 2003 at 13:03:52 (+0100), David Bowring wrote: ]
> Subject: checkout/commit onto/from shared disks.
>
> This would comprise of one central server upon which all the developers
> home directories and cvs server would reside. They will be logged into
> any one of many machines (nodes). My concern is being that each of our
> developers home directories will be a disk share from the central
> machine, and all the checkout/commit will be done via pserver onto these
> shares (I am considering using NFS to create the shares). If anyone can
> give me any guidance or foresight of any pit falls with such a
> mechanism, it would be gratefully appreciated.
There is no problem with CVS sandboxes on NFS.
However in such a scenario it would be not just unwise to use
cvspserver, but unnecessary as well. Just use rsh! Rsh is FAR more
secure than NFS.
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