I am, the provider has been instructed to close the account. I am still wondering if this is typical for a shared environment. I'm now looking at a virtual server solution.
Cheers - Miles At 11:48 PM 8/15/2002 +1000, Justin French wrote: >I'd be running away :) > >Justin French > > >on 15/08/02 10:36 PM, Miles Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > This is somewhat off-topic, but has to do with shared hosting. All of my > > experience with Linux has been on boxes where I've pretty well had the only > > account. I'm now working on a shared system which provides SSH access. The > > idea is to host a client's site on this system, but after a few hours of > > exploring here's why I'm having second thoughts. > > > > I can move up the directory tree and see all the other users directories, > > the contents thereof, and individual files, such as > > "/use/home/other_user/today.html". Permissions are such that I was not able > > to edit or copy them. (I tried.) The contents of etc/passwd could be > listed. > > > > mysqlshow listed all the databases on the system; with the mysql console I > > was able to examine the structure and contents of any of them, with a > > couple I went further and added a table, inserted records, and dropped the > > table. I could also insert records (which I subsequently deleted) into > > existing tables. > > > > Call me naive, but is this normal, or should I bail on this arrangement > > before going any further? It's a BSD system. > > > > Comments and opinions are solicited. > > > > Regards - Miles Thompson > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
