Take it easy, A.J. - I meant no offense. My comments were not meant as criticism, but more that pascal is a curious and unusual choice for web programming.
I am glad that you made your program available to everybody. However, nowhere in the documentation does it mention anything about what format exactly or where the files are. They are not in /usr/share/. Mine were here: /usr/share/netday. Is this because of a version difference? I thought I downloaded 1.5, but the web page says 1.4. To me, the term binary-flat-file could be anything. If it were MySQL, then it would be easier to see what was going on, easier to fix when things went wrong, and could be just as, if not more, secure. Perl, c, or PHP would be more portable, and could do the same job. Just my $.02 Mark On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 02:23, A.J. Venter wrote: > Because everything else sucks --- just kidding. > I like and use many languages, and I pick the one best suited to the > task at hand. > In this case it was Pascal, I am a contributing member of the FreePascal > developement team - I would not be if I did not think it was a great > language (I have a lot of respect for Wirth) > > The database's (as it says in the FAQ section of the FM you apparently > forgot to R) are binary-flat-file - which for the task at hand is the > only solution that is not an overkilling waste of resources. > > Since I am the developer, and you got it for nothing, you can contribute > if you want -or write your own. I made judgement calls during design, > and while I am always open to criticism, I think it is rather harsh to > judge me on the grounds that you dissagree with them. > Over 4000 people have downloaded DC according to freshmeat, I think that > speaks for itself. > > A.J. > > On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 21:32, Mark Ehle wrote: > > Thanks, Anselm - > > > > I did look at /etc/passwd. I don't think that these users came from the > > system. I think that direqcafe put them in to it's database as I was > > screwing around with it before I got it working right. It would appear > > that there is no way to delete them from the web interface. > > > > Where is the database file, and in what format? > > This software looks like a great start, but why in the word did he write > > it in pascal? Guess that there's one more language I have to learn now! > > > > Thanks - > > > > Mark > > > > On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 16:24, Anselm Martin Hoffmeister wrote: > > > Hello Mark, > > > > > > > I have a few users that showed up when I was playing with the package > > > > that are not on my system. They are 55, 1, 15, and 0. How do I get rid > > > > of these critters? > > > > > > Dunno about direqcafe, but that probably are system processes. 0 means > > > root, 50 might be the user "apache" runs as, "www-data", "http" or > > > what it is named in your distribution. Look into /etc/passwd to find out > > > name<->number mappings. Perhaps direqcafe has a "systemusers" config value > > > that allows to hide all uids below 100, or 500, or so? IIRC most > > > distributions create new "regular" users with uid >= 500. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Anselm Martin Hoffmeister > > > Stockholm Projekt Computer-Service > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
