On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Carlo Nizeti wrote:
> Tell you what though, they are slipping. NetWare 5 (5.1 has a better
> implementation) has X. Thus under X you can run Java applications like
> ConsoleOne. (Like NWadmin)
Not quite. ConsoleOne is a _limited_ form of NWAdmin - there are a LOT of
things you can do with NWAdmin that you can't with ConsoleOne.
Although, they do just run XFree86 now. Which I think is a bit of a
ripoff!
> Thus you have an administration program on a Console that runs under Java
> and allows you to do anything really to the box. Such as mount / UN mount
> partitions and copy files. its nothing special but you can do it..
You've always been able to do that from the console - forget ConsoleOne -
give me access to any NW 3.x console, and I can mount/unmount volumes {not
partitions - different concepts under Netware}, and copy files. But there
are ways to stop that, too - one command on the console, and I can stop
anyone from doing anything of the sort - and if I include it in the
autoexec.ncf file, then you can't shutdown and restart the server to get
access, either {unless you really know what you're doing, anyway}.
> When we have a server in a office we make it as hard as we can for someone
> to get to the console because if they do and they know what they are doing
> then we are up the shit. Thus locking the server in a cupboard somewhere in
> the basement is a common site.
That should apply to ANY server - Netware, NT, Unix of something else -
which runs in a business. leaving unsecured console access is asking for
hacks.
But I'll shaddup now - Netware isn't really on topic for a SLUG list!
DaZZa
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