Kent Are you using RH 8.0?
Brian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kent Loobey Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 6:31 AM To: The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list Subject: Re: [eug-lug]OK, Ken I'll take that challenge On Tuesday 03 June 2003 12:27 am, BAGGAB wrote: > Thanks Patrick > > I'm feeling a little better about it. > > How come I haven't had to do this in RH 6.1 or 7.2? I know there are > distribution changes, but this seems strange to me. > > Can I get a second opinion on this and am I the only one using a dialup > here? I use dialup. > > Brian > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Patrick R. Wade > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 1:48 PM > To: The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list > Subject: Re: [eug-lug]OK, Ken I'll take that challenge > > On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 01:33:05PM -0700, BAGGAB wrote: > >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.) > > Certain operations in a UNIX system require root privileges to do; > starting a network connection, including a dialup connection, is one > of them. While it's appropriate not to use root for ongoing use, > it is appropriate to run some commands as root when the time is right. > In fact a number of root-privilege programs run constantly while the > UNIX system is operating normally. > > I haven't used KPPP, but it sounds like it prompts for the root password > when it runs. I would consider this a safe use of root. It is possible, > but more convoluted, to set up sudo to run this so that you would only > be prompted for your own account password, or even to run it as root > without requiring any password (a practice i would discourage). > > -- > Christos anesti ek nekron > Thanato thanaton patisas; > Kai tis en tis mnimasi > Zoin charisamenos! > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
