On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 9:43 AM, James Dinkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 4:59 AM, Soren Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Do you think we should remove groff (and with it, man-db), too? I'm not >> trying to be difficult.. This is an actual question. >> >> -- >> Soren Hansen | >> > > No, but I use man all the time. Granted, that may be pandering to > myself, but man just seems infinitely more useful than a web browser. > This could be that 1) I have never ever used a web browser, or been in > a position where it would seem useful, on a server and 2) the whole > idea that "it's a browser", therefore "it's a huge security hole." > > And you may say it's just for looking at local html files, but it > opens up the thinking that "if they put a web browser on a server, > then it must be ok to browse the web from a server." I've seen plenty > of Windows admins casually browsing the web from a server console > while waiting on some task to finish in the server room. > > But that's just my opinion. > > James > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam >
You need a web browser to access http://localhost:631 for CUPS, don't you? Brett Alton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you really need to print this email? Help preserve our environment! -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
