I don't know much about all this stuff, but from your previous posts, I'd think your friend doesn't need to have Web Sharing on for the things he does.
The System Preferences panel "Sharing" has many check boxes for different network features, so he can deactivate Personal Web Sharing (and Apache) without affecting his ability to access the network. Maybe Bruce (what a helpful genius you are!) can comment if this is good advice. On May 16, 7:07 am, Brian Christmas <b...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > On 16/05/2010, at 2:45 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > On May 15, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Brian Christmas wrote: > > >> Sorry, I forgot to add, in response to questions, that the OS is 10.6.3, > >> and he has to keep his Mac on the network, no choice (he's running a > >> script of mine t hat automatically processes incoming email artwork, and > >> prints it, and also saves three redundant compressed copies to a PC > >> server). > > > Then his results looking up Apache configs and the like should be identical > > to mine. I see (or did until we put a lot of ACL's on our networkl at work) > > tons of attempts at php and other exploits, but because the bad guys are > > trying doesn't mean they succeed. > > > I'm not familiar with the device that those log excerpts came from, though. > > > -- > > Bruce Johnson > > University of Arizona > > College of Pharmacy > > Information Technology Group > > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > G'day Bruce > > From memory, I think they're running a Novell based PC network. I don't know > much about PC networks, so couldn't help him. I just Applescripted to send > the files to a folder on a dedicated disk linked to the Server. They have > multiple Macs to process artwork, and an ignorant IT manager who keeps > telling upper management that Macs are a problem. Stupid thing is, the tasks > that my applescript carries out are impossible to do automatically with a > windows PC, yet IT wants to be rid of them. Mac support is purely executed by > the Mac users. > > Regards > > Santa > > And what, you ask, was the beginning of it all? > And it is this...... > Existence that multiplied itself > For sheer delight of being > And plunged with numberless trillions of forms > So that it might > find > itself > innumerably > > Sri Aurobindo > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmland our netiquette > guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
