On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 12:38:12PM +1000, Tony Bartholomaeus wrote:
> One of the great things about Linux is the freedom of choice it offers,
> letting me do things the way I want to. Any information and suggestions will
> be gratefully accepted, but if someone tries to TELL me how to run my own
>
> "Holier than thou" attitude? I think it's the best possible advice
> you could have gotten. There are some really good reasons why you
> can't run netscape as root by default.
It may well be good advice, I even intend to use it, it just didn't answer
what seemed to me a perfectly reasonable an
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 09:29:52PM -0400, Brian Nelson wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 12:46:18PM +1000, Tony Bartholomaeus wrote:
> > > >To me, the most annoying thing about this thread is that if the
> > > >original poster could READ he'd haver quickly found out how to run
> > > >netscape as roo
On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Brian Nelson wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 12:46:18PM +1000, Tony Bartholomaeus wrote:
> > The 'holier than thou' attitude of the person who posted the above is
> > disappointing, especially since he is apparrently quite knowledgable and
> > could have just answered my quest
on Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 09:29:52PM -0400, Brian Nelson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 12:46:18PM +1000, Tony Bartholomaeus wrote:
This:
> > > >To me, the most annoying thing about this thread is that if the
> > > >original poster could READ he'd haver quickly found out how
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 12:46:18PM +1000, Tony Bartholomaeus wrote:
> > >To me, the most annoying thing about this thread is that if the
> > >original poster could READ he'd haver quickly found out how to run
> > >netscape as root, and wouldn't have had to trouble the list at all.
>
> For the reco
> > >To me, the most annoying thing about this
> > > thread is that if the original poster could
> > > READ he'd haver quickly found out how to
> > > run netscape as root, and wouldn't have had
> > > to trouble the list at all.
> The 'holier than thou' attitude of the person who
> posted th
> >To me, the most annoying thing about this thread is that if the
> >original poster could READ he'd haver quickly found out how to run
> >netscape as root, and wouldn't have had to trouble the list at all.
For the record, I am coding a personal website, the output from which I need
to view/test
Thanks, I've got it sussed now.
Bartman
> -Original Message-
> From: Adam Bower [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, 15 August 2001 6:42 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Netscape as root, sndconfig
>
>
> On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Kar
Well, you failed to follow my expressed wishes, but I certainly will
follow yours... followups to list only...
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Nathan E Norman wrote:
>On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 02:50:26PM -0600, John Galt wrote:
>
>
>> Telnet is a security
>> hazard because everything goes over in the clear,
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 02:50:26PM -0600, John Galt wrote:
[ note; please don't Cc: me on list mails; I read the list. This
request is pretty clearly laid out in my headers; I'm putting it here
as well so you have less of an excuse to ignore it ]
[ jeopardy style quoting undone, reply after the
Because Stevenson failed to attribute, I can't figure out who >> > > > is,
but that person wasn't being helpful. A one line answer is appropriate
sometimes, when that one line actually aids the person in question to do
what they asked. Otherwise, they're just wasting breath. However, I too
am g
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 08:25:07AM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > > > > I recently installed Netscape Communicator,
> > > > > which works great, except that I can't run it
> > > > > as root due to "security reasons". Does anyone
> > > > > know how I can get around this?
> > > >
> > > > Don't run
on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 08:25:07AM -0400, Hall Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> > > > > I recently installed Netscape Communicator, which works great,
> > > > > except that I can't run it as root due to "security reasons".
> > > > > Does anyone know how I can get around this?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I recently installed Netscape Communicator,
> > > > which works great, except that I can't run it
> > > > as root due to "security reasons". Does anyone
> > > > know how I can get around this?
> > >
> > > Don't run it as root.
>
> hmmm, not the most useful answer I have ever seen,
> edit th
on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 09:41:46AM +0100, Adam Bower ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote:
>
> > on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:55:44AM +1000, Tony Bartholomaeus ([EMAIL
> > PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > I recently installed Netscape Communicator, which works great, exce
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:55:44AM +1000, Tony Bartholomaeus ([EMAIL
> PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > I recently installed Netscape Communicator, which works great, except
> > that I can't run it as root due to "security reasons". Does anyone
> > know how I c
on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:55:44AM +1000, Tony Bartholomaeus ([EMAIL
PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I recently installed Netscape Communicator, which works great, except
> that I can't run it as root due to "security reasons". Does anyone
> know how I can get around this?
Don't run it as root.
> Also, I w
I recently installed Netscape Communicator, which works great, except that I
can't run it as root due to "security reasons". Does anyone know how I can
get around this?
Also, I will soon need to set up my souncard. This is my first experience
with Debian, so I don't know which tools (if any) are a
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