[rrd-users] [rrd-developers] RRDtool 1.4.3 - bug fixes and some rrdcached improvements

[Tobias Oetiker]

Hi Sebastian,

Yesterday Sebastian Harl wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 07:51:13PM +0100, Tobias Oetiker wrote:
> > * rrdcached: Added -s option so set group permissions of the UNIX domain
> >   socket. Obviously this will only work if rrdcached is running as root
>
> Just a short side-note / nit-pick: This is not entirely true. This
> option may successfully be used by any user, as long as she is a member
> of the specified group. Of course, root may specify *any* group.

you are right ... just checked the docs ... it sais nothing about
root there ... so that damage should be limited :-)


cheers
tobi


> Cheers,
> Sebastian
>
>

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