Re: [tlug] file permssions SCP

[Botond Botyanszki <botond@example.com>]

On Thu, 22 May 2003 08:50:13 +0900
"James Cluff" <jc@example.com> wrote:

> Someone hijacked my last thread, changing it to mail list etiquite, 
In that case, it wasn't hijacking, because it was referring to your mail.

> am starting a new one, I thought I did last time, but since at work I am
> using outlook, I realize now that in fact I did not.  My oppologies.
Even outlook has a "new" button afaik.

> I have logged into many linux systems through the internet where I was
> able to access a lot more of their system than I should have been able
> to since I was practically an anonymous user and this always seemed like
> someone screwed up, and if someone wanted to hijack this machine, they
> probably could.
Those systems were either improperly secured (configured) or the admin
didn't think that giving you broad access to the system would pose a
problem.
Try logging into the sourceforge shell servers if you want to see an
example of tightened security.