On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 10:27:31AM -0600, Dave Dykstra wrote:
> In my research into this I also found that 2-1/2 years ago somebody
> posted a patch that included a fix for this buried in it, and that I
> had promised to integrate his patch but I never did it, I think due to
> various other crises that were happening at the time. I also don't think
> I realized that the existing option was broken. His patch expanded the
> --copy-unsafe-links option so that unsafe symlinks on the destination
> side are also followed. I'm sure that could be a useful option, allowing
> things like moving some parts of a directory structure on the destination
> side to a separate filesystem. However, it really doesn't have anything
> to do with the name "copy-unsafe-links". I'm thinking that either I
> should rename the --copy-unsafe-links option to --follow-unsafe-links
> and add this functionality, or add a separate option by that name that
> only affects the destination side. Does anybody have an opinion on those?
By follow-unsafe-links do you mean that if it finds a
link to a directory it will follow that link and descend
that directory tree located outside the tree being rsynced?
That is what i would infer following to do. While
potentially useful this is also potentially dangerous.
Following directory links should, if added, be distinguished
from I/O through file links.
Even if it is just links to files that it would write
through it should be a separate option. It is one thing to
read through an unsafe link, quite another to write through it.
A distinction should be made between them.
There is a reason why apache disables following links by default.
I may be reading you incorrectly but the ideas presented
would, i think, need four options for "unsafe" links.
I have made up names for the other three for the sake of
enumeration.
--copy-unsafe-links read through to files
--write-unsafe-links write through to files
--follow-src-links descend directory links on src
--follow-dest-links descend directory links on dest
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