Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 10 Nov 1997 10:05:16 +0200 (SAT) | | From | Louis Mandelstam <> | | Subject | Re: Pentium DEATH in user-mode |
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On Sat, 8 Nov 1997, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> If your pentium is used as a file-server or something in which a > user doesn't log in, you will have no problem. Just rename the gcc > compiler so someone can't write code on your system.
That doesn't help. Users could still find it, and if they couldn't they could install their own compiler.
In this case you don't need a compiler anyway - you could create a suitable binary using a whole load of methods - simply ftping it being one.
If your machine *is* only accessed by normal users using things like Samba, there's no need to bother with trying to keep them away from gcc. They can't run code on the machine, period.
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