heh heh, from my experience with system admins, I will be willing to bet the answer is no, unless he is telling a big one ;-)
Wade --- Steve Ochani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > LOL, > > I would ask him if he sits there and examines all > the code of everything that > is on his system. > > > > > On 2 Aug 2007 at 16:49, Vigorito, Nicholas E. wrote: > > > Here are some quotes from this person: > > > > You are trusting that someone built the binaries > directly from the > > source code without any additional modification or > back-doors built > > in. > > > > > > Also building from the source allows you to either > specify the default > > build or add/subtract modules/functionality that > you want or don't > > want. > > > > > > The only sys admins I know of that install from > binaries on Linux > > machines are the lazy ones or the ones that have > no clue what they are > > doing. > > > > I would never install open source from binaries on > a machine I did not > > want someone to break into. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > .o rg] On Behalf Of ben short Sent: Thursday, > August 02, 2007 4:44 PM > > To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Installing > Tomcat on Linux > > > > I would question his reason for this statement.... > > > > A coworker claims that all unix admins should > never install open > > source binaries. They should build using the > source. > > > > On 8/2/07, Vigorito, Nicholas E. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am going to install Tomcat standalone (not > fronted by Apache) on a > > > Linux box that will eventually be opened up to > small portion of the > > > outside world. > > I am a developer and as such > haven't ever done > > anything with Tomcat > except install the binaries > on my Windows > > machine and run it locally > for development > purposes. > > A coworker > > claims that all unix admins should never install > open > source > > binaries. They should build using the source. > > > Looking for a > > concensus. Is it ok to install the Tomcat binaries > or > should I build > > using the Tomcat source then install? Reasons why? > > > Thanks! > > > > Nick > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To start a new topic, e-mail: > users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To start a new topic, e-mail: > users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: > users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
