On March 13, 2004 11:05 pm, Joseph Szikora wrote: > Thanks Nick and Ray for your help. > > Problem solved. In single user mode it was easy to change the > password. Now I have the machine again! > > But if you think about it, this is a serious security breach. If > somebody knows this method, he can just sit down to the computer, change > the password and wreck the whole thing. Then what is the password good > for, except to cause headache for the careless?
As mentioned, if you give someone you dont trust with your life physical access to the machine, youre askin for it. > > This afternoon I tried to install the Macromedia Flash without > success. The .gz version was looking for the directory of Mozilla, but when > we gave it, it didn't accept it. The .rpm version was looking for a > library, called "libstdc++-libc6.2....." but we couldn't find it anywhere > not even on earlier release CD's. So it needs more work. > Try setting up your URPMI sources to check the net, might help. Go here: http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php > Thanks again, it was a great help! > > Cheers, > > Joseph. > > > ================================================ > Joseph Szikora > Calgary, Alberta, Canada > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NEW!!!) > Aliases: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *************************************************************************** >** Note: We will change our E-Mail address from sprint.ca to telus.net. > ====================================================== > > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca -- Nick W (nickw77 at shaw.ca) Registered Linux User #324288 (http://counter.li.org) MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: foolish_gambit ICQ: 303276221 It's not our fault, we're outnumbered by stupid people ten to one. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
