On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > From: George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [...] create a default fvwm popup menu when you click on the root > > window. The first item in that window is "Help on Linux". Selecting that > > gives the next layer popup that includes links to such things as the woven > > docs (FAQ's, HOWTO's, etc in HTML) and launches a browser to read them. > > > Seems to me the first step would be in deciding on a default standard X > > window manager and then going on to the default menus from there. > > Our "menu" package already adds menus to _many_ different window managers, > and to character-oriented shells as well. Our "dwww" package need only > register a menu entry "Help with Linux", and it would appear. The biggest > missing piece right now is that "menu" and "dwww" are not installed by > default, and there should be an easy check box that gets the beginner a > GUI-enabled system with them installed.
What are the security implications of a default installation of dwww? My understanding is that an http daemon must be active to use dwww. Is this correct? I have yet to set up my own http servers on Linux boxes because I am not confident in my understanding of the security issues. Thanks. Syrus. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UCSD Physics Dept. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
