[SSI-devel] Re: [SSI] Re: cluster-tools binary location.]

[Laura R. <lra...@ka...>]

> On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 09:31, Brian J. Watson wrote:
> > Currently they can't, due to permissions in /proc/cluster/node*/*. What
> > do you think, Laura? Should ordinary users be able to look at this
> > information? I can't think of any reason why not. They can already read
> > /proc/loadavg.
> > 
> > > loadlevel   ---         /usr/sbin  ???  ( same not sure about this also )
> > 
> > It seems to me that ordinary users should be able to load-level their
> > programs, although they shouldn't be able to change whether a certain
> > node is available for load-leveling. This should be in /usr/bin, and
> > should give appropriate warnings if an ordinary user attempts to do
> > something they shouldn't.
> > 
> 
> As of now both goes to /usr/sbin. 
> 

Brian is right, loads can be used by anyone, as well as loadlevel.
However, i do need to put checks so that only the superuser can
turn loadleveling on/off for nodes.  When i add those checks, i can
change the location to /usr/bin.

laura