Re: Info vs. Man (Was Re: basename()?)

2000-08-21 Thread Stephen Schaefer-NCS Sr SE
Amen; the cumulative user interface annoyances with info are awful (and I'm and emacs fan!); but the idea that extensive and in-depth documentation be organized in a hyper-linked tree with extensive indexing is good. In fact, it would be just peachy if I could navigate the info documentation with

Re: /sbin in root's $PATH?

2000-06-14 Thread Stephen Schaefer-NCS Sr SE
If you configure sudo to let them create new users, what prevents them from creating a new user with UID=0? Let me guess that linuxconf and the rest of such administrative tools have been designed to be run by root, and, as such, haven't undergone the kind of security audit that would let you be

RE: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-14 Thread Stephen Schaefer-NCS Sr SE
Of course, spam is evil. But don't be a vigilante! Because of the totally unauthenticated nature of e-mail, it is usually impossible to be certain of the perpetrator. Received: lines can be faked just like nearly every other byte in an e-mail message. I was much more the victim of spam than an