> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 8:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [techtalk] Mouse Problems > > > root wrote: > > > > A lot has changed from > > my 1995 version of Linux (command line only) so now I get to dip my toes > > into the new waters... Anybody have a life preserver I can borrow? :-) > > This whole list is a life preserver. :) And so it is, indeed. > Tip: don't do your work as root. Create a login, even if it's just you > on the machine, and do stuff as it. > > (You're sending mail to the list as 'root'. Thus, you're probably at > LEAST doing your basic mail as root. Too many permissions. Using a > non-root account is the most basic of the life preservers. ) Ahem... can I plead a momentary lapse of good judgement? That's what I get for trying to save 30 seconds while downloading and installing the latest patches. > Jenn V. > -- > "Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture > you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jenn Vesperman > http://www.simegen.com/~jenn/ > > > _______________________________________________ > techtalk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk > _______________________________________________ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
