in reply to Backdoor to approving one's own node

Somebody was silly and approved this. Clearly that should not be done until the author provides the answer to their own question. It is unfortunate that the answer was not provided almost immediately. I've unapproved it. Please don't approve it again until after the answer appears. Thanks.

- tye        

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Re^2: Backdoor to approving one's own node (well?)
by Lady_Aleena (Priest) on Mar 23, 2011 at 05:01 UTC

    Dear tye...I was tempted to try and see, however, had it worked, I would have felt rather foolish if I had to say sorry for approving my own node. I decided to just ask instead of playing with it. However, with your prompting I did try, and it appears that there is no backdoor. All is well with the world. Moving on to the next thing (actually going back to a previous thing).

    Have a cookie and a very nice day!
    Lady Aleena
Re^2: Backdoor to approving one's own node (well?)
by GrandFather (Saint) on Mar 23, 2011 at 02:36 UTC

      Oh, I didn't realize that the PMD section page didn't work pretty much the same as the Meds section page. Oh wait... it does. And given that the question was actually stated quite generically, I also find it unreasonable to not expect this realization of the question's author. But it seems I should provide a much more explicit explanation.

      Yes, I had indeed already (silently) conceded that one might not come to the conclusion to "try it and see" quickly enough to actually accomplish the self-test for the first case noticed. I was disappointed that one would be so desperately curious about the answer as to start a new thread on the subject and then resolutely refuse to just get the answer since posting would immediately present the opportunity again. I was also disappointed that somebody else cut that second chance short (especially since the whole purpose of this new thread was to find an answer to the question so keeping the thread "in limbo" seems well worth the opportunity). Since it was indeed missed, I have already arranged for a third chance.

      Then there is also the possibility of searching... which I leave as an exercise to others, as I'm told exercise is beneficial. I suspect an enlightening search can be found but won't even venture a guess as to how difficult that might be.

      But in conclusion, I find your statement containing "Lady_Aleena can't perform the test" to be simply incorrect.

      - tye