Re: pcp updates: lberk/marko merges, build+docs updates

["Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi -

On Tue, Jan 05, 2016 at 06:24:15PM -0500, Nathan Scott wrote:
> [...]
> > Here are two realistic cases, not of "circumvention" but of normal
> 
> First case does not seem very realistic, but hmmm, *shrug*, maybe.

Thanks!

> The second case is just the pmdaproc case rehashed (i.e. an opt-in
> pmdapapi -A option would be a far better approach, localising that
> privilege elevation).

Except that -A does the opposite of localization, security-wise: it
disables authentication pmcd-wide, so now all other pcp clients get
more privileges than they should.  -A seems like a crutch.

- FChE