i/we operate a number of remote servers, and sometimes, configuration is impossible because of slow links; then, vi takes 10 seconds to start, and a keystroke is echoed in 5... unacceptable.
so i would like to change configuration remotely, and currently, i rsync the /etc trees to a local directory, update, then rsync back. however, this requires a lot of discipline, and is not a viable method with multiple maintainers. CVS is pretty much exactly what i am looking for. i would love to create a CVS repository each for every one of the remote machines. then everyone could checkout and commit, and a cron job on the actual remote machine could bring the local /etc up to date with the CVS repository every 4 hours or so. my problem is that CVS doesn't care about permissions as RCS does. specifically, CVS creates files locally with $CVS_UMASK permissions, which is fine for the local checkout, but which will destroy the security of the remote system, since some files in /etc have to be 0644 while others *should* be 0600. i don't want to use suidmanager or a separate cron job to update the permissions, because that'll create holes. i want the files, if checked out of the repository, to be created immediately with specific permissions - the permissions that the file had when it was checked in. is this possible, and if yes, how? martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "in contrast to the what-you-see-is-what-you-get philosophy, unix is the you-asked-for-it,-you-got-it operating system." --scott lee
