Thanks Ray! You guessed mostly right what I tried to ask.
to a) a terminal is open under su When I need to be su I open an xterm with a blue color background and exit it when I connect to the Internet. Now according to you I can leave it open. to b) an application like gtkdial must be opened as su to connect The "like" should better be "as" and your ansewer takes away by concern. to c) an application like kppp needs the root password to be accessible Again "accessible" should better read "open". I take it that your answer to b) will apply as well to c) Regards - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
