On Thursday 20 June 2019 08:30:57 Bagas Sanjaya wrote: > Carl (ca...@panix.com) said: > > OK, which meaning of "program" are you using here? In American (and > > UK) English, it can mean either "set of instructions that run on a > > computer" or "television entertainment item." You seem to be using > > it both ways in this message or confusing the two. > > In this case, "program" means "instructions that run on a computer", > or "software". > > In hypothetical scenario as I described in the starting of this > thread, I imagine that TV programs run by TV stations can be thought > as computer programs in TV station's production systems. > > > I would instead make the specific programs the students/teens should > > be using executable by them without needing sudo. Linux permissions > > make this very straightforward. > > I mean: > > # chown root:remaja /opt/teen-programs/bin/* && chmod 755 > /opt/teen-programs/bin/* > > But we're considering in this thread when most age-restricted programs > can only be run using sudo, that is, such programs can only be run by > root or using sudo.
As a retired Chief Engineer, one of my duties was also the holder of a letter designating me as the Chief Operator of that tv station. So one of my duties was seeing to it that the rules as published in 47 CFR that applied to both the technical operations, and the legal things were enforced. A subscription to that 47 CFR from the GPO, can be a very wise expense. Not knowing something in it is a null/void defense. Cover you ass in other words. What you want to do opens a pandora's box of stuff these teenagers might like to see aired. That means putting their stuff in a permissions sandbox that only the chief operator has rights to move the materiel out of that sandbox into the broadcast queue. IOW, someone with that letter of authority must exist, and the FCC gives him/her that veto power because he/she is also the person they'll monetarily fine at $27,000 per instance when something airs that shouldn't. And there are several categories of no-no's. Payola schemes by the General Sales Manager, backed by the General Manager himself got shut down by me. They went to the owner to get me fired, and he told them to go pound sand, I was saving lots of money. That GM got a surprise visit from the corporate bookkeeper, and was escorted out on 15 minutes notice to collect his personal stuff by a deputy for cooking the books. Anyway, what you want to do to facilitate their creativity still needs a final approval by someone with that letter giving then the power to say no. And likely an IT guy smart enough to stay ahead of their attempts to climb that fence. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
