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In response to my complaint to GoDaddy about unauthorized updates to my installed services, I received this reply:
"...Please note that any updates to Simple Control Panel may cause configuration changes on your server, and by default, servers running Simple Control Panel use our repositories. ..."
Right off the bat too note, changes to server options using the control panel don't result in automatic software updates, but rather simple control panel controls the system software and all of it's components - but because the default installed system services have dependencies on the control panel, any changes to the control panel version (which GoDaddy apparently has complete control over), results in updating any relevant software dependencies. I am not 100% sure this is accurate, however after reading the response, this sounds like a solid conclusion.
I must also stress that by default, my server did not use GoDaddy's repositories. As I spewed in my last post in regards, this is what tipped me off to all the changes that were made.
In any case, removing Simple Control Panel would be quite a project. I wonder how they would respond to a knoppix type installation using their kernel and libc...
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Main Entry: spew
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spIwan; akin to Old High German spIwan to spit, Latin spuere, Greek ptyein
intransitive verb
1 : VOMIT
2 : to come forth in a flood or gush
3 : to ooze out as if under pressure : EXUDE
transitive verb
1 : VOMIT
2 : to send or cast forth with vigor or violence or in great quantity -- often used with out
- spew-er noun
-- Merriam-Webster