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Re: ssh quirks...
From: BlueBoar () THIEVCO COM (Blue Boar)
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 19:52:31 -0800
Hello, moderator? Your statements are simply not correct... and it's not the job of each and every application to inflict upon the system its opinion of what "standard unix behaviour" should be. Just imagine if this were the case and you had 15 different apps each thinking the "standard unix behaviour" was something different -- or worse, something completely contradictory. I'm not sure discussing "Standard unix behaviour" would be productive here...
I'm not sure what criticism to respond to here. Much as the moderator wishes it wasn't the case, he doesn't fully comprehend the nuances of each issue. Consequently, things will get approved that others can easily see as non-issues, simply because the moderator doesn't understand. "Standard unix behavior" is appropriate for discussion if: -It demonstrates that a problem isn't a security hole -It demonstrates that a problem IS a security hole -It demonstrates that a problem is a hole on nearly all unices because it's "standard behavior" (ideal situation). Meanwhile, if some of us need a reminder that something is supposed to work that way, so be it. It's a discussion list. In short, a note such as yours will help to shorten a discussion about an incorrect tangent. I can pretty much guarantee that I'll unknowingly let through such posts in the future, too. Apologies in advance. BB
Current thread:
- BSD chfn bug, (continued)
- BSD chfn bug Pavol Luptak (Dec 20)
- Re: BSD chfn bug Przemyslaw Frasunek (Dec 21)
- Re: BSD chfn bug Warner Losh (Dec 21)
- Re: BSD chfn bug Tellier, Brock (Dec 23)
- Re: BSD chfn bug Stanislav N. Vardomskiy (Dec 25)
- Re: BSD chfn bug Michal Zalewski (Jul 21)
- ssh quirks... Scott D. Yelich (Dec 26)
- Re: ssh quirks... Ryan Permeh (Dec 27)
- Re: ssh quirks... Scott D. Yelich (Dec 27)
- Re: ssh quirks... C.J. Oster (Dec 27)
- Re: ssh quirks... Blue Boar (Dec 27)
- Re: ssh quirks... Ralph the Wonder Llama (Dec 27)
- Re: ssh quirks... LaMont Jones (Dec 27)
- Re: ssh quirks... Kev (Dec 28)
- Re: ssh quirks... Mark Rafn (Dec 28)
- Re: BSD chfn bug Warner Losh (Dec 27)
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- Re: any user can make hard links in Unix Bennett Todd (Dec 22)
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