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 <ochanis@(protected):

> 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:
> >
>
users-return-167067-NICHOLAS.E.VIGORITO=saic.com@(protected)
> >
>
[mailto:users-return-167067-NICHOLAS.E.VIGORITO=saic.com@(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.
> <NICHOLAS.E.VIGORITO@(protected):
> > > 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 >
> >
> >
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