On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:16:42 -0400, Zero Piraeus wrote: > : > >> Steven, i can create a normal user account for you and copy files.py >> into your home folder if you want to take a look from within. > > Nikos, please, DO NOT DO THIS. > > It must be clear to you that Steven is *much* more experienced than you. > Your presumptions about what he can and can't do with the access you > give him are therefore not much more than uninformed guesswork. > > You have already been give a lesson about trusting the care of your (and > by extension your clients) resources to people you don't know, and > Chris, who gave you that lesson, is telling you that the course of > action you propose is unwise. > > Steven has given every impression, over a long period, of being one of > the good guys, but *you don't know him*, and *you don't have any kind of > legal agreement with him* that would protect you should he turn out to > be malicious[1]. > > Given what's already happened to you, it would be the height of > irresponsibility to continue as you propose. If I were one of your > clients and I found out about it, I'd be seriously considering legal > action against you for gross negligence. > > -[]z. > > [1] Steven, I don't intend any insinuations about your character, as I'm > sure you realise.
Curses! My cunning plan has been discovered! 1. Spend about 10 years helping people learn Python for free. 2. Lull them into a false sense of security. 3. Get somebody in Greece to give me access to his web server. 5. Profit! *wink* No offence taken. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
