Subject: Re: Serious Problems
From: Luke McNeilage (lmn@d2p.com.au)
Date: Wed Jun 07 2000 - 22:23:14 EDT
Well actually Super Users DOing Mac.
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>From: Chip Mefford <cmefford@avwashington.com>
>To: NTalk <netatalk-admins@umich.edu>
>Subject: Re: Serious Problems
>Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 11:44 AM
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>>I call you sudo because you are neither UNIX nor MAC.
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>
> Ahh! pseudo, I was completely stumped.
>
>
>> The moment you raise
>>issues about security and all that UNIX paranoia, you should get out of
>>pre-press. Work-Flow depends on just that, open flow of ideas.
>
> EVERYTHING in networking is about the open flow of ideas, Security has come
> about out of necessity, being burned too many times, and learning the hard
> way. As pre-press becomes more and more interconnected, pre-press with
> figure that out as well.
>
> Many permission/security schemes are quite complex and work quite well.
> chmod -R 777 * could undo a whole lot of good as well as a many hours
> of hair pulling. I wouldn't recommend it.
>
> I do however, concur with you completely, that in the end, so much of this
> is screwed up perms.
>
>
>>Did you try what I said first. Then look at you security. Its a work-flow
>>issue, first, security second.
>
> I don't agree, not at all.
>
> And you are also right, I am neither a Unix nor a Mac person, nor a Windows
> person either, I hate all computers with equal vehemence.
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