Re: Debian Wheezy Compromised - www-data user is sending 1000 emails an hour
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 08:56:14PM -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 1/1/2014 10:24 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> >System administration is hardly mundane. It is often misunderstood
> >(as in this thread) but very important work.
> >
>
> Setting up a phpmyadmin config file is hardly "system
> administration". It's configuration affects only itself, not the
> entire system.
Can any average user joe bloggs configure phpmyadmin? If not (and I
suspect not, otherwise pandemonium is the result) then it is a system
administration task!
Just like changing the date/time IS A system administration task! You don't
want the average joe bloggs changing the date/time whenever it takes
their fancy!
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oppressing." --- Malcolm X
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