Re: Request for discussion

From: "Paul D. Robertson" <proberts@clark.net>
Subject: Re: Request for discussion
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 13:17:36 -0500 (EST)

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On 27 Dec 1998, A. Ott wrote:

> > Maybe a single-user mode program to convert from prior versions with
> > automatic support for the previous official release?
> 
> There is no user mode access to the files, and there should be none. So it  
> must be in the kernel. Currently they are converted on read (= mount time)  
> and marked as dirty, so they are written as soon as possible in the new  
> format. This process is repeatable because of the version number.

Right, what I was getting at was to bring the system back up in "normal" 
mode, then run a conversion utility.  That way there would be a defined 
event for the change, but you wouldn't have to maintain several versions' 
worth in kernel space.

I think that for a major upgrade of several version this would be 
acceptable, but I also think I'd be 2 releases behind current code in a 
production environment.

> My original plans have already been much extended. There will be a  
> flexible role based module, on top of which the ACL stuff can be placed.  
> So we have ACL for roles and users on all targets.

Cool!

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We probably don't want to do this ;)

Thanks,

Paul
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