On 2 Feb 99 at 16:50, ktb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > am attempting to install mimicom. I went through the configuration > process and as root, the program at least starts the dialup process. > I aborted because I didn't want to be on line while in root. Don't know if this will help, but it might...
Minicom is a text based comm program, and doesn't start any internet protocols on its own. It might be possible to program it to act as dialer, and then have it launch a separate internet protocol using some sort of a script, but Minicom alone can't do this. Therefore, there's no special danger from running it as root, as you wouldn't be 'online'; at least not in the same sense that you'd be online using 'pon'.
