Subject: RE: A "DHX: it doesn't work!" checklist
From: Marc Miller (itlm019@mailbox.ucdavis.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 05 2000 - 01:31:24 EDT
Oh, wait... haha; I thought you were asking about how DHX changed in 1.5.
Alrighty, then. Other changes in 1.5 (not necessarily DHX-related):
* Permission translation between Unix and MacOS has been changed so that
the execute permission bit is enabled when either read or write
permission on the folder has been set, and the MacOS Search permission is
pretty much ignored.
* Files written into a folder have the same owner as the folder.
* Dropbox permissions were fixed with a kludge. Read the documentation
about how to enable dropbox support and why you might want to leave it
off.
* Documentation was updated to provide more precise and user-friendly
instructions. That includes comments in a lot of the config files.
* (not mine) CAP (Columbia Appletalk Protocol)-style support for printing
was added
* Minor adjustments were made to some of the procedures for support of the
PPR print queue and the NATALI libraries (for PPR).
Hmmmm... that's all I can think of at the moment. Y'know, we should
update the release notes with a list of the changes.
On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Steve Freitas wrote:
> >Sorry, but can someone give me an idea with DHX? What is it? What's big
> >difference between 1.5 (when it releases) and 1.4?
>
> DHX is a password exchange method which permits encryption of the
> password as it's transmitted from the client to the server, and which
> permits the password to be authenticated on the server against the user's
> unix password. That means no setting up .passwd files, no storing the
> user's password in plaintext on the server, which permits higher security
> and lower maintenance.
>
> 1.5 wraps up a whole bunch of bugfixes, integrates some stuff, makes some
> other stuff more flexible, etc. I'll leave it to someone else to give you
> a comprehensive list. :-)
>
> Steve
>
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