On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Chip Christian quoted someone saying: | > I like the fact that the Big Boss wants to put ftp in the | > middle of a suid script... Does wonders for local file | > permissions. It's off-topic, but the classical response is to recognize this as someone specifying whet they want in terms of **how they'd do it**. So you weasel yourself into the specification loop, find out what is needed and deliver it, preferably with an interface that hides the how from the what. --dave David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify some people 185 Ellerslie Ave., | and astonish the rest. -- Mark Twain Willowdale, Ontario | davecbat_private, canada.sun.com M2N 1Y3. 416-223-8968 | http://java.science.yorku.ca/~davecb
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