From 370423417b8cce483eaa4d878a77f3545363a0e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nalin Dahyabhai Date: May 28 2008 16:04:04 +0000 Subject: - bump release to 0.29.1 --- diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index ea0c83e..d6b927f 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -AC_INIT(oddjob,0.29) +AC_INIT(oddjob,0.29.1) AC_PREREQ(2.59) PACKAGE_NAME_CAPS=`echo $PACKAGE_NAME | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'` AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PACKAGE_NAME_CAPS,"$PACKAGE_NAME_CAPS",[Define to the package name, in caps.]) diff --git a/doc/oddjob.html b/doc/oddjob.html index cafcda1..f68991a 100644 --- a/doc/oddjob.html +++ b/doc/oddjob.html @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ a means for unprivileged applications to invoke and take limited control of privileged applications by issuing requests using the D-Bus system message bus. -


Table of Contents

Background
oddjob
An Example
D-Bus - Configuration
oddjobd Configuration
Configuring oddjobd
Built-in Methods
Implementation Limits

Background

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Table of Contents

Background
oddjob
An Example
D-Bus + Configuration
oddjobd Configuration
Configuring oddjobd
Built-in Methods
Implementation Limits

Background

In many applications, particularly those which perform some sort of administrative task, it becomes useful to separate the presentation (which needn't have any special privileges, and frequently shouldn't) @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@

The oddjob package implements such a server. -

oddjob

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oddjob

The server provided by oddjob, oddjobd, provides services which appear to be @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ implemented on web servers using scripting engines and applications which are implemented using the Common Gateway Interface (CGI). -

An Example

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An Example

Take for example, a service which is provided by the well-known address "com.example.system_manager". This management service controls multiple systems, each of which is represented as a different @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Using oddjobd, the entire implementation can be synthesized by providing the proper configuration files and shell scripts. -

D-Bus +

D-Bus Configuration

The D-Bus system bus enforces restrictions on which applications can reserve @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ </policy> </busconfig>

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oddjobd Configuration

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oddjobd Configuration

The oddjobd daemon provides services which are implemented by external helper applications. The helpers are executed with superuser privileges, and receive their @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ </object> </service> </oddjobconfig>

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Configuring oddjobd

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Configuring oddjobd

The oddjobd configuration is normally read from /etc/oddjobd.conf, but in most deployments it will direct the daemon to read all of the configuration files from @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ If the helper runs to completion, oddjobd reports the helper's exit status, along with any data which the helper output to its standard output and error descriptors. -

Built-in Methods

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Built-in Methods

The oddjobd server implements a small set of methods internally as part of the com.redhat.oddjob interface of the /com/redhat/oddjob object provided by the com.redhat.oddjob @@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ D-Bus introspection interface for all services which it provides to clients. By default, attempts to call these interfaces are denied unless ACLs have been put in place to allow it. -

Implementation Limits

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Implementation Limits

The current implementation of oddjobd imposes some limitations on clients.

  • A client request can contain no more than 65535