Capabilities and ecom plugins

> Imagine the following scenario:
>
> - One server whose sole purpose is managing settings which are required by
> several programs (gui applications and other servers). The setting file is
> stored in the server's private directory.
>
> - One server that works with some critical apis, requiring capabilities
> such as NetworkControl, MultimediaDD, etc.
> This server is a client of the settings server, as it needs to retrieve
> some settings. This makes the setting's dll to have these capabilities
> (NetworkControl, etc) as a minimum.
>
> - An ecom plugin implementation (defined by some system server) which also
> needs access to these settings. The problem is that the needed
> capabilities aren't probably supported by the system server.
>
> Is there any elegant solution to this? So far the only way I can think of
> is embedding some of the setting server functionality in the plugin. Of
> course, the setting file would no longer be in a private directory.

Replying to myself, this is actually quite easy. Just use a second client
dll with less capabilities. Of course, the server will need to take this
into account in his access policy, to only allow access from trusted
apps/vendors/etc.

David.-