cvs commit: src/contrib/cvs/src server.c

[Scott Long]

Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 04:41:23PM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> 
>>* Jacques A. Vidrine <nectar at FreeBSD.org> [040125 16:09] wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 04:08:38PM -0800, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote:
>>>
>>>>nectar      2004/01/25 16:08:38 PST
>>>>
>>>>  FreeBSD src repository
>>>>
>>>>  Modified files:        (Branch: RELENG_5_2)
>>>>    contrib/cvs/src      server.c 
>>>>  Log:
>>>>  MFC 1.1.1.14: Do not allow pserver to be run as root.
>>>
>>>This was also `Approved by: re'.
>>
>>Nice of us to break something that used to work without a deprication/warning
>>period. :(
> 
> 
> Running pserver as root was already a broken configuration.  This just
> makes it more obvious. :-)
> 
> Seriously, if we were talking about 4.x I might have more sympathy,
> but I believe this is an appropriate behavior to change in a 5.x
> release.
> 
> Apparently the CVS developers also felt this was an appropriate change
> for minor point release.
> 
> Finally, there was overwhelming support for this change:  over the past
> month I've received several requests for it;  and RE received several
> requests to incorporate the change in 5.2.1.
> 
> 
>>Note: this is what my earlier mail was about.
> 
> 
> I haven't seen an earlier mail on this subject from you... I guess I
> could have missed it?
> 
> Cheers,

I guess this means that an UPDATING entry is in order, along with some
special words in the release notes.  Bruce?

Scott