🚀 go-pugleaf

In the referenced article, lyndon@unbc.edu (Lyndon Nerenberg) writes:
>Vincent.Cate@cs.cmu.edu writes:
>
>>Then, as root (after doing the mount above), simply type:
>
>>csh /alex/edu/cmu/cs/sp/alex/src/getalex
>
>Do this only if you are a complete loon! Nobody in their right mind is
>going to execute an unknown program as root on their own machine. (are they?)
>
>--lyndon

Well, you could actually read the script, and see what it is doing. In
this case it tests to see that it is running as the correct User Id, makes
sure that the alex filesystem is up-to-date, and then unpacks a tar file.
It then compiles the code.

Yes people should look to see what they are doing, but there is no reason to
be concerned in this particular case.

UK academic institutions are invited to mount our alex service - send me
email for details.