[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1356: SFTP: allow logging in with an arbitrary cap URI as root directory (was: SFTP: allow logging in with an arbitrary cap URI as root)

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#1356: SFTP: allow logging in with an arbitrary cap URI as root directory
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     Reporter:  davidsarah     |       Owner:  davidsarah    
         Type:  defect         |      Status:  assigned      
     Priority:  major          |   Milestone:  1.9.0         
    Component:  code-frontend  |     Version:  1.8.2         
   Resolution:                 |    Keywords:  sftp usability
Launchpad Bug:                 |  
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Changes (by davidsarah):

  * owner:  => davidsarah
  * status:  new => assigned


Old description:

> The SFTP frontend should allow logging in with username {{{uri}}}, and
> password an arbitrary cap URI.
>
> This can then be used to implement a {{{tahoe mount}}} command (separate
> ticket), as suggested in ticket:1353#comment:3.
>
> Note that you can already access an arbitrary cap URI via the {{{/uri/}}}
> directory, but that does not have nearly as nice usability properties,
> because you can't access aliases that way. (Allowing access to aliases
> would provide ambient authority and so is not capability-secure.)

New description:

 The SFTP frontend should allow logging in with username {{{uri}}}, and
 password an arbitrary cap URI.

 This can then be used to implement a {{{tahoe mount}}} command (#1357), as
 suggested in ticket:1353#comment:3.

 Note that you can already access an arbitrary cap URI via the {{{/uri/}}}
 directory, but that does not have nearly as nice usability properties,
 because you can't access aliases that way. (Allowing access to aliases
 would provide ambient authority and so is not capability-secure.)

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Ticket URL: <http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1356#comment:1>
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