I have my Red 7.3 drive in now and it doesn't have the permissions problem with the /home/user, but how do I get the display to go into and lock into 1024 x 768? The screen definitely doesn't look as good as Drake 8.2. I'm surprised I can't find a control panel for the display in Red-hot 7.3
MonMotha wrote: > They're some very good reasons to bash Mandrake, not linux in general. > > After all, Linux is just a kernel, I can make the userspace do wahtever > I want it to. Heck I could make it as unusable as Windows! > > I agree that's a stupid thing to do on Mandrake's part. Never, I repeat > _*NEVER*_ _*EVER*_ automagically add permissions to a user's > files/directories. Removing them, possibly (777ing your home is > probably a mistake and I wouldn't mind TOO much if they "corrected" it > for me, but granting permissions I took away is WRONG). Remind me to > flame Manduck at my earliest convience for that trick (not that I use it > anyway :) > > You might want to consider RedHat or Debian, possibly SuSE. RedHat > especially tries to be user friendly, but tends to not be quite as > automated as Mandrake (though it can get pretty bad, but that's from a > person who likes to build his own linux installs by hand from source). > Debian is great if you want a good amount of control over your system > but don't want to do everythign by hand. If you're really a control > freak, then Slackware might be worth a try, but be prepared to do some > heavy man'ing since it doesn't do much of anything for you. > > --MonMotha > > Joe Linux wrote: > > I hardly call it a feature that any user can look at any other user's > > files. What kind of security is that? > > > > Then it takes a full day to figure out nothing about how to fix it? > > Trust me, these are some of the reasons people are very slow to migrate > > to Linux. > > > > > > Warren Togami wrote: > > > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Joe Linux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 4:30 AM > >>Subject: [luau] Unwanted Perrmissions Changes - Drake 8.2 > >> > >> > >>>I'm very frustrated. I want the permissions on my home directory and > >>>other users home directory to be 770, but the Mandrake Linux System > >>>constantly changes the permissions back to 755 on these directories. Is > >>>there anyway to stop it from doing this? > >>> > >>>Permissions and the lack of control over them are the most annoying > >>>thing about Linux, and probably a primary reason the entire OS is not > >>>very popular. > >>> > >> > >>Please don't jump the gun and blame it on Linux. This sounds to be a > >>feature, not a bug, of Mandrake's MSEC security module that enforces certain > >>access controls because it thinks it knows better than the user. In most > >>cases it DOES know better than the user, but in your case you must figure > >>out how to disable it. > >> > >>http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php > >>Please read this page for more details. The simple fix would be to lower > >>your msec security level (you can find that in DrakConf). > >> > >>Just remember when it comes to most security, security is an inverse curve > >>to usability. > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>LUAU mailing list > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
