[hobbit] How to run an arbitary script on the client end?

[Henrik Stoerner]

On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 04:22:08PM -0400, Kern, Thomas wrote:
> Would this new ADDON feature be configured at the server side or on each
> client? 

Server-side, in the client-local.cfg file.

> I have a gut reaction against some other server being able to
> arbitrarily execute commands on my systems

I agree. When I wrote the client, I actually did think about doing 
something like this, but decided against it for that very reason.

And if you're the only one who wants it, then I'll probably NOT 
implement it.

> but I know who runs our
> hobbit server. I am also against having to modify each hobbit client
> that I run if I come up with a new nifty ADDON. I have not looked into
> the update/upgrade mechanism since I know the hobbit-server admin, but
> is there some authentication of the updates/upgrades/new_ADDONs that can
> be done so that they only come from a trusted source?

Updates are only downloaded from the Hobbit server. But apart from that,
there's no authentication of the new client code.


Regards,
Henrik