I agree we should not be talking politics in this forum (it's all rigged anyways.)
Preface: I read yesterday that AOL is partnering with M$ to settle the browser lawsuit. I suspect Mozilla will be toast in a few months. So I'm angry and want to get away from M$ as soon as possible. So here I am, a Linux newbie with a question. Installed RH 8.0 four months ago and I'm still struggling. Some of that struggle was around a SMC barricade router that I ditched (stopped trying to get working) yesterday. Some of that struggle is just life: many personal distractions. I'm telling you this because I don't want you to assume I'm just lazy and I want someone to fix my problem for me. Problem: when I want to logon to internet I use KPPP, but I have to provide my root password for permission. I am concerned about running root permissions while connected to the internet. With all the warnings about operating under root I am assuming that this is a user implemented problem (self inflicted wound.) When I installed the OS I selected all the packages (because I wanted to know what was available.) When I installed the OS I selected to use the firewall and I selected all protocols. I have looked at users and groups, but there are many many groups (I tried selecting all.) I suspect that the firewall is the problem (but I can't find any info on how to turn it off.) I have consulted the help files with not much luck. So here I am writing this in Outlook, because I can't get out of the starting gate with RH 8.0. Recent events have forced me to swallow my stupid pride and as for some basic help. Sorry for being a bonehead. _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
