> Sander Holthaus - Orange XL wrote: > >>Sander Holthaus - Orange XL wrote: > >> > ... > >> > >>Fix or disable that script. > > > > > > I wish I could, but I'm not a PHP-programmer (can read it > and can do > > some basic programming, but I lack in-depth knowledge of PHP). > > > > well disabling it is fairly easy ;-).... rm -f ./xxx.php
chown && chmod would be less invasive :-) > a script that functions is a one that doesn't crash the box. > quick'n'dirty or inefficient scripts don't have to cause > problems per se, > his script is just plain borked. if you need to ensure the box is > running then you _can't_ let him run it till its fixed, friend or not. > besides if it is a friend then presumably you are offering > space/resources > for free - under such circumstances your interest in keeping > the machine up > precludes his interest in functionality and ASAP programming - and > would be understanding of your interests (just as you seem to > be of his ;-). no? Indeed. > > :-( The downside would be, IMHO, that I would need to > pro-actively check > > everything that is going on concerning PHP, in order to > prevent any major > > problems. (one and a halve month ago, some clients on an > other installation > > who hadn't mainted phpBB also caused me the necessary > problems). Also, when > > clients are non-commercial, a good programmer is out of the > question (which > > applies to this case too). I wonder how mass hosting > companies get arround > > these issue's? > > by not garanteeing full uptime ;-) and having lots of machine > across which to > spread the risk etc. That makes sense :-/ Must be quite frustrating from times to times being a sysadmin at such a company. Kind Regards, Sander Holthaus -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
