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Date:      Sun, 31 Aug 2003 11:49:21 +0200
From:      Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org>
To:        Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org>, Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>, Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: www/en docs.sgml
Message-ID:  <20030831094921.GP616@unixpages.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030831093625.GU77721@submonkey.net>
References:  <200308302313.h7UNDdbf077335@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030831092355.GA582@nosferatu.blackend.org> <20030831093625.GU77721@submonkey.net>

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On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 10:36:25AM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 11:23:55AM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 04:13:39PM -0700, Christian Brueffer wrote:
> > > brueffer    2003/08/30 16:13:39 PDT
> > >=20
> > >   FreeBSD doc repository
> > >=20
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     en                   docs.sgml=20
> > >   Log:
> > >   Add freebsdhowtos.com to the list of additional resources
> >=20
> > Hmmm I'm not sure this one is a good idea:
> >=20
> > - A lot of outdated docs
> > - Many wrong/bad infos:
> >=20
> > just look at the "Getting the kernel source via cvs" article:
> >=20
> > when they say that CVS comes with the cvsup-bin package ...
> >=20
> > In "How to run a progam as root while you're not root":
> >=20
> > they give the chmod 755/+s solution!!!  Even if they add a warning, it
> > is not really serious when sudo and other more secure solutions are
> > available around.
> >=20
> > So I'm not really sure that site is a good resource for our users.
>=20
> I agree.
>=20

Now that I have looked at it more closely, I agree too.  I remembered
following some of the howtos two year ago and assumed they were still
up to date :/

- Christian

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