POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : A small security problem : Re: A small security problem Server Time
6 Sep 2024 21:21:28 EDT (-0400)
  Re: A small security problem  
From: Invisible
Date: 10 Dec 2008 05:14:46
Message: <493f9696$1@news.povray.org>
scott wrote:
>> overkeen. He probably doesn't realise that logging somebody off 
>> actually terminates any programs they might have running (e.g., the 
>> control software for the robotics that inject the samples into the 
>> system).
> 
> Can't you just tell him that then, instead of having to spend time 
> locking down your system.  Maybe there is a situation one day where 
> someone genuinely needs to log off another user and you're not available?

...which is why a small set of other people are "supposed" to have this 
power in addition to me.

But the set of people needing to restart services is far larger than the 
set of people who should have log-off powers.


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