On Sat, 2010-05-01 at 12:10 +0000, corrie wrote: > Re #79: > > But if you want a work around, then: > > 1. Rename the large /etc/hosts file with all the adblock entries to something > like /etc/hosts.normal > 2. Make a small /etc/hosts file with only localhost and so on in it. I called > mine /etc/hosts.minimal > 3. Launch gwibber from a script that copies the minimal hosts file to > /etc/hosts, runs gwibber in the background, then copies the normal hosts file > back.
And how praytell, is this done without root priviledges? Oh, yes, I see, everyone on a machine should be able to sudo so that they can be root and have all sorts of nasty accidents that the typical practise of preventing users from being root keeps them safe from. Bottom line, this is one of the uglier hacks I have ever seen. Full of security issues as well as races. It's really bad that this is what trying to run a functional system has come to. Why is such buggy software being let into stable releases? -- desktopcouch-service crashed with RuntimeError in run_couchdb() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/530541 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
