Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sun, 26 Nov 2000 13:39:32 -0700
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        dmaddox@conterra.com
Cc:        John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to prevent motd including os info
Message-ID:  <3A217504.7FBE2F62@softweyr.com>
References:  <4.1.19990913003757.0096b660@mail.thegrid.net> <4.1.19990913003757.0096b660@mail.thegrid.net> <19990913173532.A842@dmaddox.conterra.com> <3.0.3.32.19990913191825.00ad66f0@207.227.119.2> <19990913210513.A3167@dmaddox.conterra.com> <19990917120236.39316@hydrogen.fircrest.net> <19990917175603.A1571@dmaddox.conterra.com>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
"Donald J . Maddox" wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 12:02:36PM -0700, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> > Donald J . Maddox scribbled this message on Sep 13:
> > > There may not be ANYTHING *BSD in the jail environment, let alone
> > > 'strings'.  Again, assumptions.
> >               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > ummm.. yes there is... can we say ENOSYS??  I knew you could... assuming
> > people have write permissions and execute permissions...        ^^^^^^^^
> 
> When discussing an environment one has no knowledge of whatsoever, it's
> not a good idea to assume a lot.

You know, this is all sounding rather preachy and pedantic, especially
coming from somebody who's sending mail dated over a year ago.

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3A217504.7FBE2F62>