> This is hardly technical...but...it borders on rule-boundedness to me.
> But still not that close to be unbearable. So either I mistimed
> majordomo or it didn't go thru. So I am still here. And I will probably
> always be leftie anti-authoritarian me. Same as you will be you. I spent
> too much time in the underground publishing universe for everything to
> be pretty and perfect.. And yeah I pop off...So I want it rest and hope
> it all calms down.
>
> Thanks and have Fun,
> Sends Steve
Hmm...I'm pretty anti-authoritarian, but you always know who the boss is -
would you go against what your boss said (be it an underground mag or
otherwise? There are limits to everything that is done, no matter what it
is...know the limits.
>
> P.S. Obligatory technical comment... Shell accounts should be the
> default perhaps with lots of -i
> protection. and I want to run traceroute and ping when I need to do so.
> I worry that things are getting too snarlsome and un-needed
> restrictions are being applied. It could be just me.
>
ping and traceroute I have seen disabled due to security holes (buffer
overruns causing root access to those that know how). If a security hole is
known. Quick fix: remove the SUID bit - long term fix...get a version that
isn't broken. When I was at Uni, the admin's disabled the suid bit on "ps"
due to a buffer overrun hole...meant ps -ef did naff all but show your own
processes.
Shell accounts are huge security holes: I've worked in both camps: as an
administrator, you don't want you're users causing you hassle, so you limit
what they do. As a user, you try and circumvent all root's restrictions. It's
fun having running battles with admins... :) Computer Services at Uni ended
up leaving me alone after deciding I was mostly harmless ... :)
Chris...
ps, apologies if I've covered anything already said...I've only just got
round to carrying myself from grrltalk over to both issues & techtalk :)
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