Re: [cobalt-users] Where to get .pkg for RaQ4??

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 03 Apr 2002, N|ghtHawk wrote:
> http://pkgmaster.com/ has some packages, but I have a question about
> this. Because the Cobalt has a warranty which doesn't let you install
> software.
> >From the logonmessage:
> --
> * NOTICE TO ROOT USER: Changes to system files may affect       *
> * your warranty. Please consult your warranty card for details. *
> --
> 
> So that seems to me that I can only use pkg's from the official Sun
> Cobalt releases. Which leaves me with a server with security-holes,
> but with a warranty.
> Does that mean I need to make a choice between the warranty and
> security? Sorry if this has been before on this mailinglist, but as
> far as I saw I didn't find it on it.
> 

That's correct.! It's sun's cost reduction plan for cobalt, no software
warranty, they sell you a system that is supposed to be an appliance,
and it woks well, just don't connect it to the Internet., and make sure your
Intanet has trusted users.


Gerald Waugh
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