From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Nov 7 22:54:59 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBFA537B401 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 22:54:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp03.wlv.untd.com (smtp03.wlv.untd.com [209.247.163.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 533AF43E3B for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 22:54:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from idiot1@netzero.net) Received: (qmail 17896 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2002 06:54:56 -0000 Received: from dialup-65.58.232.135.dial1.tampa1.level3.net (HELO netzero.net) (65.58.232.135) by smtp03.wlv.untd.com with SMTP; 8 Nov 2002 06:54:56 -0000 Message-ID: <3DCB5FB5.812512C5@netzero.net> Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 01:54:45 -0500 From: Kirk Bailey Organization: Silas Dent Memorial Cabal of ERIS Esoteric and hot dog boiling society X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: aliases and permissions and lists, oh my... References: <3DCB459D.4ACFB535@netzero.net> <049601c286e5$61a96780$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." wrote: > > From: "Kirk Bailey" > To: > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 11:03 PM > Subject: aliases and permissions and lists, oh my... > > Hmmm, do I REALLY want a script > > accessed by all the world to run as root? > > > > Any discussion on this matter? > > > > Possibly not. First ? is what about setuid, > but not much better, eh? > Script is currently owned as 'nobody', and is run by apache, which is also 'nobody'. > What is the need for the script? Part of a suite of scripts for a web conrolled MLM. site: http://www.tinylist.org/ MasterMenu: http://www.tinylist.org/cgi-bin/TLmastermenu.py Have you > looked into other options for mail lists? > Oh, yes, and after previewing them, I find that mine is easiest to use. > Kevin Kinsey > DaleCo, S.P. > > PS> 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year newbie, > depending on how you look at it > (long story). I read -questions, and > never thought about reading here. > My advice is well written, generally, > but occasionally wrong. (Although > I'm finding more typos when I use > the laptop, which is often now.) Just > give the *correct* facts...most likely > I'll never flame you.... -- end Respectfully, Kirk D Bailey +---------------------"Thou Art Free." -Eris-----------------------+ | http://www.howlermonkey.net mailto:highprimate@howlermonkey.net | | KILL spam dead! http://www.scambusters.org/stopspam/#Pledge | | http://www.tinylist.org +--------+ mailto:grumpy@tinylist.org | +------------------Thinking| NORMAL |Thinking----------------------+ +--------+ --------------------------------------------- Introducing NetZero Long Distance 1st month Free! Sign up today at: www.netzerolongdistance.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message