| Re: [stellation-res] why doesn't stellationd require a "password" argument? |
On Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 05:28:26PM -0400, Mark C. Chu-Carroll wrote: > On Saturday 20 July 2002 01:09 pm, Florin Iucha wrote: > > I am confused about the authentication mechanisms in stellation > > regarding the postgres database. > So far, our approach has been to not use postgres authentication. > We want an authentication distinct from the auth mechanism used > by the database system. [snip] > Then Stellation uses its own, DB neutral authentication mechanism. With > the server, it's a challenge mechanism, where the password is never > actually transmitted. I could see a desire to use existing authentication mechanisms (PAM, AD...) but that is an enhancement that can wait. > When you do an "svc config database", Stellation initializes a > repository, and inserts a username and password from your > .svcrc file. (I'm not sure about what the default is if you didn't > put anything into the .svcrc file; that's the area of code that > Dave Shields is primarily responsible for.) OK. > > Could you please put a document with step-by-step description on how to > > set the users and passwords? > > We're working on it. There's a lot that we really need to get done, > and there are only three of us at IBM working on it. We really appreciate > the work you've been doing trying it out; getting an outside user to > try things like this helps us to find out what most needs doing. I really enjoy it and the project sounds promising. I would like to see a development roadmap and a list of issues yet to be solved. I can lend a hand. > > PS. Which is the prefferred way to discuss stellation issues? The > > newsgroup or the mailing list? And why are two ways? > > I prefer the mailing list. > > I don't entirely understand the motivation of the Eclipse folks for the > overlapping newsgroups and mailing lists. I tend to look at the newsgroup > as a place for people to post general questions without making the > commitment to actually follow a mailing list. How is that different than browsing the mail archives? 8^) florin -- "NT is to UNIX what a dougnut is to a particle accelerator." 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4
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