Shawn Smith wrote:
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> Hi, I'm not completely new to linux, but I could still be
> considered a newbie. I've installed a few distros before, but
> this is my first Debian box -- a 300Mhz AMD K6II that built for
> my mother.
>
> Right now I've got two issues that I need to work out for the
> computer (no, acutally three). First, the programs 'poweroff'
> and 'wvdial' can only be accessed by root. This is not
> acceptable since I live in Portland and my mother and her
> exchange students live in Springfield. Can anyone help me to
> make these programs more accessable? Prefferably I would like to
> make each one a launcher button that my mother could use easily.
> Unfortunately I do not know yet how to change privilages.
To access wvdial, add your mom's username to the dialout group.
Edit /etc/group and change the line that says
dialout:x:20:
to
dialout:x:20:mom
I don't know about poweroff/halt. If you run kdm, there's a button on
the login screen to shut down.
> Anyway, the other issue has to do with my mother's email. She
> uses HOTMAIL...UGH. When she tries to access her email she gets
> a message about requiring a Personal Security Manager (PSM). I
> guess that I could find out what that is, but I am much more
> inclinded to get her to switch to another email service provider.
> I believe she already gets an email account with her EFN dial-up
> account. Any suggestions on a program to use to view email. I
> think that Evolution might be a little much for what she needs to
> do. I could try to convince her to use MUTT, but I want to learn
> a little about it myself first.
I second Mike O.'s recommendation for Mozilla. (Not really -- I use
it at work, and I greatly prefer mutt. But Mozilla is neophyte-
friendly.)
> Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated. Oh, and kudos on
> the seminars. I wish that I didn't have to be in Portland, or I
> would attend. Thanks in advance. Shawn
Did you know that PLUG does a monthly presentation in Portland?
http://www.pdxlinux.org/
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Bob Miller K<bob>
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