X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 952ADD1C50D for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 18:21:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [64.117.224.130]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 46257-07 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:20:03 -0300 (ADT) Received: from pima.hostsharing.net (www.hostsharing.net [212.42.230.151]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 987CCD1C509 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:21:05 -0300 (ADT) Received: from iwate.ianb.homelinux.net (pD95176CF.dip.t-dialin.net [217.81.118.207]) by pima.hostsharing.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B289F2CE9AC; Sun, 3 Aug 2003 20:21:05 +0200 (CEST) From: Ian Barwick To: "Chad N. Tindel" , Roberto Mello Subject: Re: Mysql -> Postgresql pitfalls Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 20:19:57 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org References: <20030801163555.GA32496@calma.pair.com> <20030802063346.GA24640@cc.usu.edu> <20030802171049.GB12300@calma.pair.com> In-Reply-To: <20030802171049.GB12300@calma.pair.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200308032019.57545.barwick@gmx.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200308/13 X-Sequence-Number: 1873 On Sunday 03 August 2003 19:03, you wrote: > Many people run their machines with "+ +" in root's .rhosts file because it > eases the task of doing administration. They work in a company where the > box is behind a firewall on some public network and they need there > computers to get real work done.... they don't want things like "security" > to get in the way because nobody is trying to hack those machines. Can you send me the names and current employers of these "many people" so I can be sure I never do business with their companies and / or consider them for employment? Only slightly ;-) Ian Barwick barwick@gmx.net