> > We don't want end-users running *anything* on wwwmaster. This is the reason
> > we made it it's own VM. We do *not* want the mess of svr1 all over again.
>
> Unless I missed something (which is possible, I haven't really been
> paying attention), we're talking about Josh having access to the
> 186_www database in lieu of an admin interface to...
No, we're talking about a separate db I think. At least that's where we started.
> hmm, OK - what is
> he trying to do exactly? At least part of this thread doesn't seem to
> be on the archives site or my own mail folder :-(
AFAIK a simple replacement for his having the db on his own box - to make it easier to share the work.
> In any case, I don't consider Josh to be an end user, nor do I have
Just to be clear, I consider myself (and you) end users in this case.
> any problem giving him a shell account on wwwmaster to do work which
> sounds like it's comparable to one of us loading the latest version of
> the docs. I'm pretty confident we can train him not to use the account
> for any other purpose! I'd certainly much rather do that than have
> random IPs granted direct access to the DB.
It shouldn't be random, of course. And it required software to be installed and maintained that's not there now. I'd
rathersee that on svr1.
/Magnus
