>> >Hot on the heels of the assurances that OS/X is secure, and not >> >susceptible to the same sorts of exploits Windows suffers from, >> >comes the news that there's a gaping great hole in OS/X as shipped. >> > >> >Basically, the AppleHelp service can be used to execute an >> >arbitrary shell-level script. (rm -rf /, anybody?) >> > >> >I'd suggest any OS/X users here might want to disable that service. >> >> John, can you put that into plain language for me? thx. >> >> > >rm -rf / > >means : make up some space on those quite-full disk, you'll problably need >it. >but also means: loose all your data and Operating System too. > >Personally I prefer >rm -rf . > >that first delete your data. (to be sure) > >;) > >on how to disable this service, i really don't know. >I haven't a Mac. >But mac is all about mouse, so there should be some option called "AppleHelp" >(as Cotty suggested) somewhere. Cotty is suggesting to disable it, I don't >know if there are any drawbacks.
No - I don't have a clue what you're talking about. I need an idiot's guide here. Personally i might prefer rm -rf *if I iknew what the hell it was* ! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________
