Re: [coldsync-hackers] Palm ID and username

[Andrew Arensburger <arensb+CShackers@ooblick.com>]

On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Wojtek wrote:
> I'm trying to build a conduit for syncing many Palms with many directories.

	This is one of the things I want ColdSync to support, so if you
want to help with this, it will be much appreciated.

	The way to do this is as follows:
	- ColdSync runs as root, and listens on the serial port.
	- It accepts a connection from the Palm.
	- It reads the Palm's serial number and user information.
	- It looks up this information in a file:
		/usr/local/etc/coldsync.users
	  This file contains entries like
		# Unix username | serial number | Palm username | Palm userid
		wog|10A813V96PC0-H|Wojtek|12345
	- setuid("wog")
	- Read ~wog/.coldsyncrc
	- Sync
	- Exit

I'm still debating the exact contents and semantics of
/usr/local/etc/coldsync.users . It should allow ColdSync to identify any
Palm and do the right thing with it.
	There are several things that it should be possible to specify:

	- The Palm with serial number 10A813V96PC0-H, Palm user name
"Wojtek" and Palm user ID 12345 belongs to local Unix user
"wog". setuid("wog") and sync according to the configuration in
~wog/.coldsyncrc . This is the standard case.

	- The Palm with serial number 10A813V96PC0-H, user name "Andrew
Arensburger", and user ID "31337" belongs to local Unix user "arensb". His
workstation is arensbpc.my.domain.com, so forward the connection to
arensbpc.my.domain.com .

	- This host is a sync server. setuid("coldsync") for all
Palms. Sync wog's Palm with ~coldsync/wog, sync arensb's Palm with
~coldsync/arensb, and so forth.

	- This host doesn't do anything. For all Palms, forward the
connection to syncserver.my.domain.com, and let the server deal with it.

	Any thoughts? Suggestions?

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