Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Turnign greek-iso filenames => utf-8 iso Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:17:22 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <51b83b6d$0$29998$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1371143842 436 64.122.56.22 (13 Jun 2013 17:17:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:17:22 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:47992 On 2013-06-13, ???????????????? ???????????? 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 gmail.com and computer-generated IMAGE FORMATIONS ...