Re: [Monotone-devel] project status

[Thomas Keller]

Am 04.08.10 17:43, schrieb Patrick Georgi:
> Am 04.08.2010 16:22, schrieb Thomas Keller:
>> How should it do that? I can only push keys from one database to
>> another, but I want to put, i.e. store keys directly, similar to what
>> `mtn read` provides. Use case: Admin enters the ascii-amored version of
>> a public key in a web form and hits "add". The key is read and stored in
>> the database via automate.
> Come to think of it, the "first" key must be added by some non-automate
> means, right? So far, I use "mtn read" on the pubkey data to get the
> admin key into newly created dbs.

Not necessarily - you could configure the
get_remote_automate_permitted() in a way that it accepts commands from
unknown keys or even anonymously. Anonymous connections to remote stdio
are only possible from 0.99 onwards though.

But still, you need some kind of "bootstrapping" anyways at least to
create the database. And remember, all database instances behind usher
must have the same key which could be used to authenticate every command
in the aforementioned hook as well.

Thomas.

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