Giuseppe Sacco wrote: > > > 4. About the cdrom mount point. I *think* that Debian have a 'preferred' > > > cdrom. Once you have a system set up, you should make a link from > > > your /dev/sr0 to /dev/cdrom. In this way every program that try to > > > access your cdrom will find it in /dev/cdrom regardless of which is > > > your real cdrom device (scsi, ide, ...) > > > The usual mount point for the cdrom in /cdrom. After Debian is > > > installed you usually find a line like this one in /etc/fstab > > > /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,exec,noauto > > I would like to have apt read from /mnt/cd32. Which file do I have to > > tweak now? I. e. whre does apt store ist predilection for /cdrom or is > > it compiled in? > > from 'man apt-cdrom': > > --cdrom > Mount point; specify the location to mount the > cdrom. This mount point must be listed in > /etc/fstab and propely configured. Configuration > Item: Acquire::cdrom::mount. Was also answered by others. Will have to do some reading. > > > 9. mail. On a Debian system you need at least local mail in order to > > > deliver mail from cron. If you use exim, then you may choice from a > > > menu that will permit you a 'local delivery only' installation. You > > > may run eximconfig anytime to change it. > > Local mail is installed and will soon be configured, but I have to > > retrieve mail from several ISPs and also want to read several languages > > not using Roman characters. Will ask this again in debian-isp. > > You may use fetchmail to get your email, then probably any MUA (mail > user agent) will work. I think that you could use mutt on a utf-8 > enabled xterm. Better solutions in debian-user mailing list. I will ask again and in more detail on debian-isp.
> > > 10. Security update. This a different source for your apt. You may > > > insert it in /etc/apt/sources.list and then run the apt frontend you > > > like. The question about using root is strange: you need to have root > > > privilege to install any package in Debian. There is no special rule > > > in using security update since they are normal packages that fixes > > > security bug in a stable distribution like woody. > > To run apt-get, you must be root, so that means to access the web as > > root. I don't like the idea. Is there a way to do this wothout being > > root? > > You have to be root. If you don't want to be root than you could > probably give the right to use apt to some user vua the program called > sudo. I just hate to have an outgoing connection as root. Maybe I will find / be told a good way to secure my system. Thanks a lot again Axel Schlicht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]