On Monday 15 October 2007 11:11:49 Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: > On 10/15/2007 05:03 PM, Anders Damm wrote: > > Use One-klick on http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats/10.3 > > ;-) > > What is up with the link http://opensuse-community.org/codecs-kde.ymp. > I clicked on it, which then asked me which app should open it, and yast > was preselected. It then actually launched a Yast module I had not seen > before to add repositories I had already added, but WITHOUT prompting > for root's password. I am using Firefox. That sounds like a security > problem big time. How could any user gain root's access via a link in a > browser, or what exactly is that ymp file? > > -- > Joe Morris > Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.3 x86_64
I am using konqueror and got the same installation window without a root password prompt. Phil -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
