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Re: [cobalt-users] Is there a fix for making invisbles visible on RQ4?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Is there a fix for making invisbles visible on RQ4?
- From: Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun Oct 8 23:08:00 2000
- Organization: nobaloney.net
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
Stew Smith wrote:
> > It's ridiculous to have to telnet in to remove a simple file created by
> > a perl script. I can't have all my resold clients telneting in to play
> > with cd and ls -a and rm commands willy nilly.
>
> No it isn't ridiculous. Unless you fubar your file permissions, site-admins
> can't harm your system; aside from their sites data. Give them admin access
> though, and you are up-creek... System management isn't done through a ftp
> client. Is any part of this confusing you?
Sorry to have to disagree with anyone with a Cobalt return address, but
I would NEVER give any user, not even a site-admin, telnet access to any
RaQ under my control.
After all, even the paranoid do get followed <smile>.
Jeff
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