Hi,
On 6/20/07, Neal H. Walfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (1) Add a set of new environment variables, e.g. PFINETSERVER for
the pf_inet server and PFLOCALSERVER for the pf_local server.
We should have consistent naming between node names and environment
variables. The default node names are /servers/socket/{2,pfinet},
etc. Perhaps have SERVERS_SOCKET_PFINET be the name of the environment
variable to use.
I agree that SERVERS_SOCKET_PFINET seems better. I proposed PFINETSERVER
just for the compliance with env variables already in use: CRASHSERVER for
the crash server and EXECSERVERS for exec.
A nice feature would be the option to use a file descriptor rather
than a symbolic name. This could take the form fd:X where X is some
number. This allows for selected access delegation (consider:
SERVERS_SOCKET_PFINET=fd:3 prog 3</path/to/my/pfinet) and removes a
naming issue. See section 3.4 of the critique [1] for an example of
the problems that can arise through the use of symbolic names.
Good idea. I have considered file descriptor and will think over it.
"SERVERS_SOCKET_PFINET=fd:3 prog 3</path/to/my/pfinet" - what does "prog 3<"
mean, three overriding names behind?
Regards,
Wei
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