Well Umm Couldnt You make it IMPL only and make only people you *Trust* that level? On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Ron Hensley wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Sammy wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Dave wrote: > > > > - Do you need to add code to shell out of circle or is it built in there > > - somewhere? > > > > You'll need to add code. I have no idea what you would have to do. There > > are MUCH better ways of accessing the mud account than going through the > > mud, assuming you have the password to the account. > > Not to mention the EXTEME danger in this. Imagine your builder has access > to this shell command. you get in an argument with him, he opts for > revenge, but he doesnt know the password to actually telnet to your > machine and login to the mud account. Why should he, hes not a coder. > > But now thers this shell command: > > Shell > rm * > > bye bye mud for good. even gest your backups unless youve copied them > offline. > > I dont know, but allowing direct access to your computers shell via the > MUD is the kindof thing id fire any of my coders on the spot for adding. > > just my two cents though > > > ******************************************************************* > * Ron Hensley ron@dmv.com * > * Systems Administrator http://www.dmv.com/~ron * > * PGP Key at WWW Page * > * DelMarVa OnLine 749-7898 Ext. 403 * > ******************************************************************* > > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | > | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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