Re: [pcp] PCP Updates: pmlogger AF_UNIX socket for normal users; qa version check bump

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> > The same-UID one is arguable.  A person may want to prevent accidental
> > runtime modification of his logger, even by his own future processes.
> 
> That doesn't make sense to me.  Said person cannot prevent himself (?!)
> from sending signals to his own pmlogger, which can already cause change
> (e.g. start new volume via sighup, termination via sigkill, etc).

Oh - also, this person wishing to protect himself from ... himself ... can
also make use of the division of mandatory/advisory metric logging states,
which are conceptually like the immutable bit on files (can't change them
while the bit is set, but you can unset the bit, then change 'em).

So I think we're in good shape here & should go full steam ahead with the
same-uid-gives-full-access-automagically mode.

cheers.

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Nathan