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Once that solved i'd fear to see + mongers and python experts reviewing PHPBB hacks... by the way + testing them in a testbed without a copy of the real database... + pushing them blindly with git and asking if a sysadmin could find 2 + minutes to push them on the actives forums... waiting for the + mail/whatever notification to click on the interfaces (of each... a + chance we have only 2 of them) and run the update process (praying + god that everything will go as expected because the rollback given + this way of doing things is just something that you don't want to + get into) + +That's what i already pointed... half an admin... bound and +distrusted... as useful as the ties allow to be (iow not very much). + +(sigh) + +-- +Life is magic... or at least it would be if... + +</PRE> + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="004287.html">[Mageia-sysadm] updating sysadmin privileges in forum config +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="004291.html">[Mageia-sysadm] [forums-discuss] Re: updating sysadmin privileges in forum config +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#4289">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#4289">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#4289">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#4289">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-sysadm">More information about the Mageia-sysadm +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |