Re: e: [cobalt-users] Admin site limits - long

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:33 AM 3/13/00 -0800, you wrote:

> *grin..yup..so it always seemed funny to me why Cobalt would market this 
> machine to Linux "newbies" (me) and never inform us of this limit..all the 
> time saying the machine can hold 200 domains and never a work-around for 
> the group limits...except for creating site admins. What if an 
> owner/siteadmin decided you didn't need to be a "user" on his domain? Off 
> into his trashcan I go..:) I give many of my site owners siteadmin status 
> so they can view stats and set up mailing lists etc. from the web. In 
> actuality, I maintain their web site. I wouldn't want to be deleted by 
> some owner because he got curious or confused.

Personally, I don't use the ISP business model that Cobalt has built into 
the RaQ series.  But a lot of people do, and it works well for them, or 
else companies wouldn't buy RaQs fifty at a time <smile>.

The RaQ model includes you giving admin privileges to a site admin, and 
s/he controls the administration for the website.  Of course you could make 
yourself the site Admin, and just give the "owner" the privileges he 
needs.  I do it this way.  You can even give the "owner" upload ability, 
without compromising your "admin" rights.  But then you end up defining 
mail users, etc.  (That's the way I like it <smile>.)

> *sheepish grin here...there I was writing out examples and forgot to give 
> a real life one...thanks Jeff, you are correct.

I'm a firm believer in examples <smile>.  Cut's customer support.

> > If both files need to be the same, then presumably you could just edit
> > group and then do:
> >
> > # cp group group-
>
> gosh..I learn something new every day...:) I love this list. This one tip 
> will make my life much easier....and my partner won't have to listen to my 
> little cheers of joy because I was able to edit the shadow file without 
> mistake the first time...*grin. Or the groans that are almost as common..;)

I'd love to know what "group-" is for.  It's probably used by the gui for 
something; it's NOT a part of any standard Linux I've ever used.

> > Unless the north central Florida climate has changed a lot since I lived in
> > Gainesville in the 60s, I'd argue that my home in the southern California
> > desert gets a lot more sun (though it did rain here almost every day for
> > about a month approx. Feb 9th through March 8th).  Have you ever gone to
> > Doug's Dairy Twirl in Gainesville for an ice-cream cone?  There was an
> > original Doug, about 35 years ago; I remember him well.  I should be in
> > Florida this summer; maybe we'll say hello <smile>.
>
> You may get more sun..:):) but that doesn't detract from the fact that we 
> get LOTS too..:):) and our rains sure go a long way towards preventing 
> that desert situation you mention...*VBG

Florida's supposed to be in a drought this winter, while we got a month of run.

(The balance of this particular subject matter taken offlist, since it's 
not about RaQs <smile>.)

> I would be tickled if you say hello while here..:) As a Linux newbie and 
> reader of this list, I've always been educated by your posts, and I have 
> your info on file if I ever need your expertise..:)

Good; that's how I make my money <very big grin>!  Actually, I got the RaQ 
so I could start my THIRD ISP.  My first was in Jacksonville in 1994-95; we 
were one of the first webspace providers in the U.S.

> thanks Jeff..:)

You're very welcome, as always <smile>.

Jeff

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Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>