FemmeFatale wrote:
> 
> Took installing on Mandrake 8.1.  I never did get it working on 8.0..the
> default install of Licq that is.
> As to what i did, i just installed the package, found my password was
> wrong; had to figure out where the dir. ~ was then edited the config
> file for Licq.  Put in the correct password it works fine.
> 
> Go figure.
> 
> K so.......... New question!
> 
> (Right i see you're all scared now. Good!)
> 
> I went into the Security tab in Control Centre.  On install of Man. 8 or
> 8.1 the security setting always goes to "Welcome to crackers!"  Yet i've
> changed it numerous times to "Medium", as soon as i logout/in, it goes
> back to "Welcome.."
> 
> K so what the hell am i doing wrong...or rather wtf is Man. 8x doing
> !???
>
Well Femme Fatale, you did nothing fatally wrong ! - I've wondered a bit
about that myself, but it seems that it's only a "glitch", the
security-screen falling back to the cracker-welcome : Actually, it
accepts your settings, for instance "medium" and keeps them, regardless
of the cracker-message. You can verify that in numerous ways. A simple
test : open a file-manager and try to read other users stuff. In
"medium"-state that should be impossible (as long as you are not root).
Then try to set the "welcome to crackers"-option, and repeat the
procedure - you will now be able to do almost anything, included
accessing other users files. If, on the other hand, you set the
"paranoid"-option, you can do next to nothing ! - So relax, everything
is OK.

About Bastille etc., I think others are more capable then me, which
leads to a good advice : it's a generally a good idea to post only one
question at a time. That way it's easy to locate a subject in the
mail-archive and the chances are you'll get more - and quicker - answers
from various people here on the list.

Bonne chance, Femme Fatale !
Kaj Haulrich

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