[Osiris-devel]storing root certificates

[Brian Wotring]

Done and checked in.  Right now, default prefix is /usr/local for the 
CLI, but we can easily change this to look in /etc as well when the 
install functionality is developed.

> I'd probably just plan on having an /etc/osiris directory, which will 
> invariably become /usr/local/etc/osiris or whatever is distro 
> specific.  You'll eventually have more than a root cert.  Then do the 
> usual discovery dance, picking up the cert from ~/.osiris first and 
> trying /etc/osiris after that.
>
> pablos.
>
> On Thursday, August 8, 2002, at 01:16 PM, Brian Wotring wrote:
>
>>
>> I have a question regarding osiris management applications ( CLI, or 
>> GUI ) and how/where they store the root cert used to authenticate 
>> communications to the management host.  The default is 
>> /usr/local/osiris, but that doesn't work well in the case where the 
>> user doesn't have the ability or want to create that directory.
>>
>> Other solutions include storing the root cert in the current 
>> directory, the user's home directory, or creating a ".osiris" 
>> directory in user's $HOME and putting the cert in there.  I like the 
>> latter the best for reasons of convention, and safety.  The problem, 
>> though, is that when multiple users make use of the application it 
>> makes more sense to have it in a single location rather than in home 
>> directories.
>>
>> It's a small problem, I know.
>>
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