On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Brett Porter <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Terry, > > On 28/09/2012, at 9:41 AM, "Sposato, Terry" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> We currently use Nexus as our project’s local repository server which works >> well. >> We also have a Terminal server which offshore developers access to do their >> development/testing/building etc. >> I want to know if there is a way of having all these users access the same >> .m2 local repository which maven3 is using in a safe way? >> I have currently set the path in settings.xml to use a local path, which at >> a high level works, I am just not sure if this will cause issues moving >> forward? >> >> Please reply all as I am currently not subscribed to the list. > > Sharing the local repository is not advised. There's no external locking on > files written there. > > Given you have a repository manager, as long as you have one geographically > close to that terminal server (or on the machine), you typically give each > user a local repository and are free to clean it out frequently if needed.
And for other non-Maven security reasons, you would want to have each person have a separate account on your terminal server anyway. So shared accounts aren't advised are generally considered a "bad thing"(tm) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
