On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Ralf Hemmecke <hemme...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 3. If you do not want to use virtual machine, at least do not run sage
>>> notebook under you account!
>
>> If you somewhat trust the 20 or so users, you can set accounts=True,
>> make their accounts, then set account=False before publishing so random
>> people won't be able to join. If you trust these people enough to given
>> them an user login to your machine, the extra complexity of a virtual
>> machine shouldn't be needed (just make a sageuser account with limited
>> permissions).
>
> I am currently thinking of letting those users call "sage -notebook"
> themselves. Interestingly, the notebook looks for a free portnumber. So
> that shouldn't be a problem. I just hope that portnumber thing also
> works for 30 users. Do you see any problem here. Everyone would work
> just on his account.

That should work fine.

>
> Maybe I should forbid to set the "interface" option so that nobody opens
> a notebook to the world. Well, but sage is python, so there is always a
> way around for people with command line access.

Indeed - If you want to do that, you should probably use a firewall,
not modify sage.

William

>
> Ralf
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