Re: [cobalt-users] ![MASTER-CD]!

["Lee Herron" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I spoke with someone at Sun/Cobalt -- the GUI *is* COPYRIGHTED and is *NOT*
free for anyone's use.

I can't believe this has become a debate.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cobalt User" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users]
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![MASTER-CD]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!


> Guys,
>
> I didn't want to start a "war" in here. I see a lot of people running
> "against" the road, I just thought that it would be cool if we were able
to
> have their system "GUI" running on our machines, not the system may be
just
> the scripts for web administration, that's all I want! Run the scripts on
a
> machine, not to sell, not to trade, but to have it here, and if anyone
else
> asks for it, I'm sure we could give this person the codes and scripts.
> Nobody is here to sell stuff, we're here to help each other right?
>
> Now, Steve Werby, you said you have the scripts running on your machine,
do
> they work fine? Would you please tell me what you've done?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Rafael Azevedo
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 11:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users]
>
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![MASTER-CD]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !!!
>
>
> > "Cobalt User" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > We just started the Cobalt "cracking" service.
> >
> > > So, I loged on my server using TELNET, went to the directory
> > /usr/admserv/ -
> > > there are a lots of hidden directories, all named .cobalt, where
you'll
> > see
> > > basicly all the scripts.
> >
> > That's not exactly a revolutionary discovery since it's never been a
> secret.
> > I run several of these scripts from the commandline.  For example, I use
> > /usr/admserv/cgi-bin/.cobalt/dns/index.cgi to repopulate the DNS .pri
> files
> > from the records file which I edit manually.  There have been plenty of
> > emails on this list describing how to edit these scripts to change their
> > behavior and how to run them from the commandline.
> >
> > > Then, I copied everything to another Linux machine,
> > > and I'll try to run the services... hope it will run! We can't forget
to
> > > setup the APACHE SERVER for the ADM SERV (running on port 81).
> >
> > Assuming that it's technically possible to achieve your goal, I'm quite
> sure
> > it violates the Cobalt license.  If it was easy to replicate the
*entire*
> OS
> > on a generic machine, one would assume Cobalt would go to lengths to
> ensure
> > that it wasn't easy to do so.  I would assume they'd use a compiled
> language
> > such as C++ instead of Perl and PHP if that was the case, but they
> probably
> > chose Perl and PHP partly so Cobalt developers and users could freely
make
> > modifications and improvements to the system.  Though it would be nice
to
> be
> > able to run the OS on some of the old Pentiums I have laying around for
> > testing purposes, if your goal is to sell a 1U server with a GUI, you
> might
> > want to look at implementing a free GUI like Webmin or one of the
> fee-based
> > GUIs that work out of the box on different Linux flavors.  Anyway, I'll
be
> > eagerly following your progress.
> >
> > --
> > Steve Werby
> > President, Befriend Internet Services LLC
> > http://www.befriend.com/
> >
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