From owner-freebsd-security Wed Jun 2 9:39:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from freed.ddns.org (derby.JSP.UMontreal.CA [132.204.45.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 576BE15974 for ; Wed, 2 Jun 1999 09:39:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spidey@jsp.umontreal.ca) Received: from localhost (spidey@localhost) by freed.ddns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA00809; Wed, 2 Jun 1999 12:39:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from spidey@jsp.umontreal.ca) X-Authentication-Warning: freed.ddns.org: spidey owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 12:39:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey X-Sender: spidey@freed.ddns.org Reply-To: Spidey To: Unknow User Cc: Kris Kennaway , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Shell Account system In-Reply-To: <37534264.6D29110A@tdnet.com.br.> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org May I add that you would surely like to read the security(7) man page. It is a quite great primer. ciao. ants. On Mon, 31 May 1999, Unknow User wrote: > Yeah, thanks, but the system is for anyone able to pay, so, you can say > i trust nobody. > > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > On Mon, 31 May 1999, Joe Gleason wrote: > > > > [Snip] > > > > Good advice, but running a shell account for people who you don't really trust > > is still not a wise move for the inexperienced, and not something you can > > easily document in a webpage. UNIX security is a way of life - there are any > > number of things which the unwary can trip over which could potentially > > compromise your machine. > > > > If it's for a small group of users who you trust fairly well, you > > probably should be okay, though. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > Un éducateur dans l'âme ne prend rien au sérieux que par rapport à ses disciples -- soi-même non excepté. -Nietzsche, "Par delà le bien et le mal" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message