On Monday 02 June 2003 10:33 pm, BAGGAB wrote: > 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.
Are you connecting through a modem? I use KPPP and I don't start it under root. How are you going about running kppp, i.e., from a console window, desktop icon, or menu entry? > 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 _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
