Hi Ian,

Thursday, April 6, 2006, 5:58:53 PM, you wrote:

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Im> This is a serious risk. All they need is ftp access, and essentially they
Im> can now have ssh access. A simple one liner (even as an under privileged
Im> user) can take the whole machine down (tried and tested).

Im> Only way around not letting them install it is to remove ftp access. I'll
Im> wager 99% of the servers out there have ftp access to upload maps and mods.

Im> Its a bad oversight by Valve, and they should have some method of either
Im> preventing it, or having it disabled as an option (just like you would a
Im> webserver for example not allowing shell execs).

That's exactly my point.

best regards,
Adam Grzesko
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