From owner-freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 10 14:22:06 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A1B037B412 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 14:22:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freesbee.wheel.dk (freesbee.wheel.dk [193.162.159.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6549A43F3F for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 14:22:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jesper@skriver.dk) Received: by freesbee.wheel.dk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 2F7FC38351; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:22:01 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:22:01 +0200 From: Jesper Skriver To: Oliver Fromme Message-ID: <20030610212201.GE83399@skriver.dk> References: <200306101420.h5AEK2Bb093464@lurza.secnetix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200306101420.h5AEK2Bb093464@lurza.secnetix.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B88 9CE8 66E9 E631 C9C5 5EB4 22AB F0EC F956 1C31 X-PGP-Public-Key: http://freesbee.wheel.dk/~jesper/gpgkey.pub cc: jason andrade cc: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org cc: Ken Smith Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 5.1 Released! X-BeenThere: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Distributions Hubs: mail sup ftp List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 21:22:07 -0000 On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 04:20:02PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote: > jason andrade wrote: > > > On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > > > > That won't be possible, at least for me. I am FTP admin at > > > ftp7.de, but I am not root on that machine, so I cannot create > > > ssh accounts. Even if I was root there, I wouldn't be allowed to > > > create ssh accounts for "strangers", because it is a university > > > machine. (It doesn't matter whether the account is restricted to > > > one command via an ssh key.) > > > > that's a bummer. but perhaps we can come up with two sets of > > triggers. one is via ssh, the other is the more normal 'polling' > > system. the master updates a file.. which is periodically checked > > on some clients, and if the date in it is later than they > > previously had, it causes an update ? > > Yes, that would work, I guess. > > However, what's wrong with the e-mail idea? Neither of the 2 mirrors I maintain run a MTA, or has means of receiving mail - nor would I like to install/start a MTA on them, as it increase maintenance. But as mileage clearly wary, I would be nice to provide multiple methods, so each admin can choose the one they prefer. /Jesper