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Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso

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On 2013-06-13, ???????????????? ???????????? <support@superhost.gr> wrote:
> On 13/6/2013 5:16 ????, Zero Piraeus wrote:
>> :
>>
>>> Steven, i can create a normal user account for you and copy files.py into
>>> your home folder if you want to take a look from within.
>>
>> Nikos, please, DO NOT DO THIS.
>>
>> It must be clear to you that Steven is *much* more experienced than
>> you. Your presumptions about what he can and can't do with the access
>> you give him are therefore not much more than uninformed guesswork.
>
> But iam not offering Steven full root access, but restricted user
> level access.

That's what you _think_ you're offering.

Unless you're are a very careful, very experienced system admin -- and
you're also lucky -- you're probably wrong.  If not now, then you'll
be wrong next week or next month when a new privelege elevation
exploit is discovered for your OS.

> Are you implying that for example one could elevate his privileges to
> root level access form within a normal restricted user account?

Yes, that's what he's implying.

-- 
Grant Edwards               grant.b.edwards        Yow! I'm thinking about
                                  at               DIGITAL READ-OUT systems
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                                                   IMAGE FORMATIONS ...

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Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-12 08:02 +0000
  Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-12 08:31 +0000
    Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-12 12:00 +0300
      Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-12 09:17 +0000
        Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-12 12:24 +0300
          Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-12 09:37 +0000
            Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-12 14:32 +0300
              Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-12 15:42 +0300
                Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-12 15:42 +0100
                Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 09:14 -0700
                Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-06-12 16:18 +0000
                Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-12 20:16 +0300
                Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-13 00:22 +0000
                Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-12 20:14 +0300
                Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-12 20:20 +0300
                Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-13 00:20 +0000
                Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-12 20:27 +0300
                Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-12 22:05 +0300
    Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-12 12:04 +0300
  Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-12 09:12 +0000
    Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-12 13:40 +0300
      Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-13 09:49 +0300
        Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 17:54 +1000
          Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-13 11:15 +0300
            Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 19:25 +1000
              Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-13 12:43 +0300
                Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 00:05 +1000
        Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-13 17:28 +0300
        Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Zero Piraeus <schesis@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 10:16 -0400
          Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-13 19:20 +0300
            Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-13 17:17 +0000
            Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Zero Piraeus <schesis@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 13:27 -0400
              Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Νικόλαος Κούρας <support@superhost.gr> - 2013-06-13 20:48 +0300
                Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-13 17:53 +0000
                Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 07:46 +1000
                Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-13 18:20 -0400
            Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-14 03:05 +0000
          Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-14 01:28 +0000

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