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From: Thomas Lamprecht <t.lamprecht@proxmox.com>
To: Proxmox Backup Server development discussion
	<pbs-devel@lists.proxmox.com>,
	Dominik Csapak <d.csapak@proxmox.com>
Subject: Re: [pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup] fix #5233: don't require root for some tape operations
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:15:12 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <68d6639e-a27d-4198-be2e-6a423a78581f@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240910070818.268267-1-d.csapak@proxmox.com>

Am 10.09.24 um 09:08 schrieb Dominik Csapak:
> instead, require 'Tape.Write' on '/tape' path.
> This makes it possible for a TapeAdmin or TapeOperator to
> format/remove/vault tapes, instead of just root@pam.
> 
> I opted for the path '/tape' since we don't have a dedicated acl
> structure for single tapes, just '/tape/pool' (which does not apply
> since not all tapes have to have a pool), '/tape/device' (which is
> intended for drives/changers) and '/tape/jobs' (which is for jobs only).
> 
> Alternatively we could invent a new scheme for tape media, e.g.
> '/tape/media' for this.

the path is fine, but why Tape.Write over Tape.Modify?

> Tape.Modify
>     Tape.Modify allows a user to modify the configuration of tape drives, changers and backups.

vs 

> Tape.Write
>     Tape.Write allows a user to write to a tape media.

The former might be a better fit here as these calls alter not only the tape
content, or?

Noticed because Hannes' recent patch already switched the move-tape one to
Tape.Modify,



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  reply	other threads:[~2024-11-12 20:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-09-10  7:08 Dominik Csapak
2024-11-12 20:15 ` Thomas Lamprecht [this message]
2024-11-13  7:42   ` Dominik Csapak
2024-11-13  8:25     ` Thomas Lamprecht
2024-11-13 11:38 ` Dominik Csapak

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