Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 10:05:31 -0400 (EDT) From: John Mills <jmmills@telocity.com> To: Drew Derbyshire <ahd@kew.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CVS network access - pserver vs. NFS Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0207130944350.23209-100000@otter.mills-atl.com> In-Reply-To: <20020713035437.5B8CB3BE@minerva.hh.kew.com>
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Drew - I don't know about speed, but think a bit about user management which is favored by 'pserver' (or in the broader world, by its SSH configuration). I would describe CVS' user and security models as "between consenting adults", but using 'pserver' and giving some thought to your $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/passwd ['password'? - I can't double-check while writing], you can encourage them in directions you prefer. Setting up users that way was _well_ worth the trouble when my group of well-meaning CVS-newbies moved from a rather structured MKS-SI setup and started bouncing around our sources. It tends to suppress the reaction of: "Well, _I'll_ get my hands on the #$@!!!", when something unexpected happens, quickly followed by a probably destructive user effort to manually edit the RCS files. [_I_ never do that, of course ... &8-)] It's like the joke of Nike changing their slogan following the KOOLAID suicides, to: "Just think about it for a moment."* * That applies in spades for the SysAdmin. (I wish I could remember this more often when things get hairy! <SIGH/>) On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Drew Derbyshire wrote: > Which is faster for remote CVS access over a dedicated 100 MB/second > LAN, using an NFS remote mount or running a cvspserver? - John Mills To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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