OT: Tape less Backup System

[Brian K. White]

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Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 4:35 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Tape less Backup System


> Is it just me, or did Brian K. White say:
>>
>> That's funny I have a site with jailed sftp going on 2 years old now.
>> (yeah, it required a patch, but it's a long standing much used patch that
>> keeps updating right along with the main source)
>
> URL?
>
> Not a fan of unofficial patches.  If it was that good, it'd have been
> rolled in by the official team, I should think.  Any idea why they didn't?
>
> I'd rather plug in a known quantity, but I'll look at it just the
> same--can't hurt.

http://chrootssh.sourceforge.net/

Lot's of unofficial patches take a long time to get accepted but not because 
there was anything wrong with them.
devfs is a pretty extreme example, since not only is it accepted, it's the 
stock standard on at least linux and freebsd.
ibcs was a patch forever and built-in the last couple years.

Brian K. White  --  brian at aljex.com  --  http://www.aljex.com/bkw/
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