[21117] in Athena Bugs
linux 9.1.18: blanche
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan D Reed)
Mon Nov 25 10:50:52 2002
Message-Id: <200211251550.KAA01521@infinite-loop.mit.edu>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:50:41 -0500
From: Jonathan D Reed <jdreed@MIT.EDU>
System name: infinite-loop.mit.edu
Type and version: i686 9.1.18 (with mkserv)
Display type:
Shell: /bin/athena/tcsh
Window manager: ctwm -W
What were you trying to do?
Blanche a list.
What's wrong:
Blanche'ing a list requires permissions if the list is hidden.
What should have happened:
It should work anyway. I can't think of a reason why list
information should be prohibited. Even if it's a special
list, like a class list, the user already knows the name of
the list, so knowing the description and owner isn't going to
hurt anything. This will cut down on the number of people who
call OLC/Accounts and want to know why they're on a list, and
how they can get off. owner-listname does work, true, but it
would be bad if the list was self-owned. Yes, you can remove
yourself from any list you're on, but only if you're added as
a user. There are plenty of people who have Athena accounts,
and can run blanche, yet are added to lists with @media, or
@sloan or @whatever addresses, which means they can't remove
themselves by hand.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
none.
