[3081] in bugtraq
Re: procmail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason S Kohles)
Wed Aug 7 17:50:13 1996
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 12:16:37 -0600
Reply-To: Bugtraq List <BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG>
From: Jason S Kohles <robobob@xmission.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list BUGTRAQ <BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG>
In-Reply-To: <199608070258.WAA15704@bconnex.net>
On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, Dennis Simpson wrote:
> If you give them shell access to put up web pages, worrying about their
> being able to start an xterm this way versus another seems nonsensical
> to me. I don't actually see why "shell access" is necessary for putting
> up web pages. Why not let them ftp to their web page directories, but
> restrict their home directories (if they have one)?
>
How about this: we dont give users shell access to our web servers, however,
in order for their pages to be served, user home directories are NFS mounted
to the web server from a machine where they do have shell access.
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