[TriLUG] Penguins in the desert

[Douglas Ward]

I am still waiting on the donated equipment but I did find the following
webpages that tells about the mission. For those of you who are interested:

http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/emergency/childsoldiers.stm
http://gbgm-umc.org/health/ganta/

On 10/13/05, Ben Pitzer <bpitzer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My assumption would be that if they're smart enough to know how to gain
> root
> access to the machine by having physical access, then they're probably
> smart
> enough to have root access to begin with. Not fair as a blanket
> assumption,
> I know, and not 100% safe, but in this particular environment, given the
> limited power, lack of network access, and general lack of access to ANY
> electronic equipment, let alone advanced electronics, it's probably fairly
> safe.
>
> -Ben Pitzer
>
>
> On 12 Oct 2005 12:46:27 -0400, Jon Carnes <jonc at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 21:16, Aaron Joyner wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I suppose it goes w/o saying that you should limit root access to
> these
> > > machines. That's one of the nicest things about linux in an
> environment
> > > where you don't trust the users. You can actually prevent them from
> > > breaking it. :)
> > >
> > How do you stop folks from gaining root if they have physical access to
> > the machine? Or are you assuming they don't have Linux knowledge?
> >
> > Jon
> >
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