Jeff Garzik wrote: > Luben Tuikov wrote: >> Do you mean: >> "The admin will have the option to SPECIFY(SET) a WWN, should they >> so desire." >> OR do you mean: >> "The admin will have the option to HAVE THE KERNEL auto-generate a WWN, >> should they so desire." > > Both. It is up to admin policy to decide if they wish to use the > available board's WWN (if present/valid), manually apportion WWNs, or > whether the kernel's generation algo is fine with them.
Could the reassignment of a board's WWN present any security issues? A board which is allowed to access only some targets is now allowed to access others. I would assume that most sites that care about security would have other measures in place to guard against this, but it's still worth pondering. Mike > > Jeff > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
