[DGD] Kotaka case sensitivity

[Shentino]

Actually, I shoudl thank you for pointing this README file out.  I've fixed
the text.

Windows does funny stuff with file casing, but apart from manual
driverosity, kotaka will work relatively fine.

On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Shentino <shentino at gmail.com> wrote:

> I should probably mention that one feature that with kotaka which requires
> unixishness is the boot script that will automatically handle rebooting the
> driver as needed.  Unfortunately I only knew how to write it for linux and
> family.
>
> Kotaka will probably work on windows, but you'll likely need to handle
> driver startup yourself.
>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Shentino <shentino at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Brian Gernhardt <
>> benji at silverinsanity.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I was interested by the recent upsurge in activity on the list and was
>>> reminded of my various plans for a mudlib. A far more rational thing to do
>>> is use someone else's code, so I downloaded Gurbalib, Phantasmal, and
>>> Kotaka.  I started by looking at their READMEs...
>>>
>>> kotaka/mudlib/README says:
>>>
>>>> Notes:
>>>>
>>>>        Kotaka can not be run on Windows because part of its core
>>>>        functionality relies on case sensitive filenames.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I would like to point out that this also excludes Mac OS X, or at least
>>> anyone who uses the default filesystem.
>>>
>>
>> Kotaka uses the klib's access controls to segregate its subsystems as well
>> as the wizards.  For example, Common versus System versus Game versus lars
>> versus shentino versus admin.  In fact, that's part of my security scheme,
>> that said subsystems have to be expressly granted access to anything outside
>> their homedir.
>>
>> Subsystems are somewhat privileged over users, and the system
>> distinguishes a Subsystem from a user based on whether the "user"'s username
>> is capitalized or not.  A subsystem may ask for an access proxy for:
>>
>> 1)  itself, to take advantage of access grants made by other users or
>> subsystems
>> 2)  a user, if that user is online, to act on behalf of that user (good
>> example would be an FTP daemon)
>>
>> Whereas a user is only allowed to ask for an access proxy for him or
>> herself.
>>
>> Game itself grants Common read access to its helpdir so that the HelpD can
>> read the help files without being elevated to full blown System privileges,
>> as in phantasmal.
>>
>> The Kotaka site says it got heavy inspiration from Phantasmal.  Does
>>> Phantasmal also have this limitation?
>>
>>
>> As far as I can tell, phantasmal doesn't.  Using case to distinguish a
>> subsystem from a user is a decision that is likely unique to Kotaka.
>>
>> Usernames in DGD, however, are case sensitive, so if you wish to handle
>> usernames, you will need to canonicalize them.  Inside the Klib, filenames
>> are case sensitive as well.
>>
>> Also, the Klib's access mechanisms are case sensitive.  If you have
>> granted access to "foobar", they will not be able to access it with
>> "Foobar", even though on a case insensitive filesystem those will resolve
>> identically.
>>
>>
>>> ~~ B
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>>
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