Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-05 Thread zephod
On Sunday 05 October 2003 01:20, Greg Meyer wrote: You should only need to set a reply-to at all if the address you want replies to go to is different than the address you are sending the message from. For instance, if I send a message to my project team asking for input, but I want all the

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-05 Thread Dick Gevers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello zephod, On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 20:06:31 +0200, zephod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors): If you can point me where I can do this in kmail 1.5.3, I

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-05 Thread zephod
You should only need to set a reply-to at all if the address you want replies to go to is different than the address you are sending the message from. For instance, if I send a message to my project team asking for input, but I want all the replies to go to my secretary so that she can

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-05 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 05 October 2003 03:45 am, zephod wrote: So, since your from and reply-to are the same, just clear the reply-to. After all these years I finally got to learn something new about mailing. Thanks for the tip ! Thanks for being open and listening. -- Regards, /g Outside of a dog,

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-05 Thread zephod
You look at the positive side; perhaps you have a high-powered machine. I have only a P II at 351 MHz and kill anything I don`t need, plus: I question whether it is wise to keep kdesu running when my `su` needs have already finished. I don't think a 40 KB process which does a wait4 and

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread zephod
On Saturday 04 October 2003 00:05, Bill Mullen wrote: And to refresh my memory, why is it a bad idea to login as root in KDE? These days I do a lot of root changes,it's easier for me to stay for a while in KDE as root than to type my root password everytime I want to do some root job as a

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 03 Oct 2003 11:05 pm, Bill Mullen wrote: And to refresh my memory, why is it a bad idea to login as root in KDE? These days I do a lot of root changes,it's easier for me to stay for a while in KDE as root than to type my root password everytime I want to do some root job as a

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread Steffen Barszus
Am Freitag, 3. Oktober 2003 21:46 schrieb vatbier: Sometimes I log in into KDE as root. When I, being logged in as root, use Konqueror to surf on the internet, I notice a lot of timeout errors (trying do to a query search in Mandrakesoft Bugzilla always timed out). In KCC:Network:Preferences

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread Dick Gevers
put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors): If allways put a small script in ~/.kde/Autostart like this: - #!/bin/bash kdesu -c konsole - This way, when I login as a regular user, I only login once as root and do

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 4, 2003 02:50 am, Anne Wilson wrote: [..] And if you don't like to use the command line, use File Manager, Super User. Shut it down when you've finished, but you can safely leave it open until you have finished and tested what you are

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread Rolf Pedersen
Charlie M. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 4, 2003 02:50 am, Anne Wilson wrote: [..] And if you don't like to use the command line, use File Manager, Super User. Shut it down when you've finished, but you can safely leave it open until you have finished and tested

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 04 Oct 2003 4:32 pm, Charlie M. wrote: October 4, 2003 02:50 am, Anne Wilson wrote: [..] And if you don't like to use the command line, use File Manager, Super User. Shut it down when you've finished, but you can safely leave it open until you have finished and tested what

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 09:32:52 -0600 Charlie M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 4, 2003 02:50 am, Anne Wilson wrote: [..] And if you don't like to use the command line, use File Manager, Super User. Shut it down when you've finished, but you

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 04 Oct 2003 4:46 pm, Rolf Pedersen wrote: Charlie M. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 4, 2003 02:50 am, Anne Wilson wrote: [..] And if you don't like to use the command line, use File Manager, Super User. Shut it down when you've finished,

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread James Sparenberg
On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 08:59, Lee Wiggers wrote: On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 09:32:52 -0600 Charlie M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 4, 2003 02:50 am, Anne Wilson wrote: [..] And if you don't like to use the command line, use File Manager,

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 4, 2003 09:46 am, Rolf Pedersen wrote: [..] I don't know how the menu item, FM Super User mode, will be resolved but you can always press alt-F2 and type in kdesu konqueror to run konqueror as root, after supplying the root password, or

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread zephod
On Saturday 04 October 2003 12:14, Dick Gevers wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello zephod, Would you please be so kind to fix your Reply-to setting ? As it is now it sends a reply only to you; not to the list. Thanks! If you can point me where I can do this in kmail

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread Rolf Pedersen
Charlie M. wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 4, 2003 09:46 am, Rolf Pedersen wrote: [..] I don't know how the menu item, FM Super User mode, will be resolved but you can always press alt-F2 and type in kdesu konqueror to run konqueror as root, after supplying the root

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [..] October 4, 2003 12:20 pm, Rolf Pedersen wrote: Well, that's not exactly how I see it. Having never used the menu item for File Manager Super User mode, I can see where someone else might have more of an attachment to it. There are other

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Charlie M. schrieb am Sat, 04 Oct 2003 13:16:01 -0600: If I start talking anything more geekish than that these people go TILT. Then they run. But you'll never educate most people because they just want a tool to use. They don't want to be educated, and stop listening as soon as

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread Charlie M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 4, 2003 02:29 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Charlie M. schrieb am Sat, 04 Oct 2003 13:16:01 -0600: If I start talking anything more geekish than that these people go TILT. Then they run. But you'll never educate most people because

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Charlie M. schrieb am Sat, 04 Oct 2003 14:46:41 -0600: I hope they don't run. I'll be modifying my presentations and methods to try and overcome some of the natural resistance I expect to encounter. I recognize that the onus is on me to make things appear as easy as they actually are, and

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-04 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 04 October 2003 14:06, zephod wrote: Would you please be so kind to fix your Reply-to setting ? As it is now it sends a reply only to you; not to the list. Thanks! If you can point me where I can do this in kmail 1.5.3, I will be glad to do so. It seems that there is only a

[expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-03 Thread vatbier
Sometimes I log in into KDE as root. When I, being logged in as root, use Konqueror to surf on the internet, I notice a lot of timeout errors (trying do to a query search in Mandrakesoft Bugzilla always timed out). In KCC:Network:Preferences I saw that timeout settings of 2 seconds (instead of the

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-03 Thread HaywireMac
On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 12:46:47 -0700 (PDT) vatbier [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: And to refresh my memory, why is it a bad idea to login as root in KDE? These days I do a lot of root changes,it's easier for me to stay for a while in KDE as root than to type my root password everytime I want to do

Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

2003-10-03 Thread Bill Mullen
On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, vatbier wrote: Sometimes I log in into KDE as root. When I, being logged in as root, use Konqueror to surf on the internet Like HaywireMac, I just don't know where to begin to explain how unwise this practice is ... especially the surfing part; you are giving an app that