[SSSD] [PATCH] Allow running with read only root

Simo Sorce ssorce at redhat.com
Wed Mar 24 21:46:31 UTC 2010


On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:30:09 -0400
Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh at redhat.com> wrote:

> I agree with Jakub here. I think it's perfectly acceptable to include
> the SSSD in the rwtab. A person using a read-only root is probably
> doing so BECAUSE they don't care about persistence across reboots. In
> these cases, having our SSSD as a cache while the machine is up is
> still advantageous, because it allows the machine to survive a remote
> auth server outage.
> 
> Yes, we'll lose the cache on reboot, and we will be unable to use SSSD
> for a provider=local setup, but I very much doubt that anyone would be
> using it for anything other than a reliable cache in this situation.
> 

Ok, it looks like most are ok with it,
I retire my objection.

Simo.

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Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York



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