Tonight I did a little more work on the contact info system -- I added auto-generation/dynamic-generation of contact status lists, and set up a two-stage review mechanism (so submitted info could be sanity-checked by a pair of eyes, but still have the automated process resume easily). The only thing between it and production is going over it with Jet, a setuid glitch (yes, this is a temporary hack), and hooking it into a mail handler.
Hmm, speaking of... anyone know offhand why a setuid script wouldn't be taking on the (non-root) userid? Did something change with how setuid works, or are there security checks in linux to prevent this (silently) under certain conditions? I may never end up needing to know the answer, but it kind of irks me that it didn't work as I remember it used to working. *shrug*
Oops, I missed yesterday. I celebrated a birthday with someone, played some Halo (like an idiot) until late, came home to sleep. Also got my tire rim fixed today, played volleyball yesterday, didn't have band practice this week (Ben is in Vegas), and bought a watch battery. Also realized that my rear tires are coming near the end of their advertised life, though upon inspection there's still a decent amount of tread left. This is not something I really want to deal with now. Damn.
Oh, I decided to start wearing a watch again. Not sure why... it's been several years since I've worn it, and I thought the change might be interesting. It's not as if I really need it (I always have my cell phone with me), but I felt like trying it out. When I'm still I can hear it tick. Fascinating. [07:48]
Posted by mlee at February 25, 2003 11:59 PM