Michael wrote: > I'm on the verge of installing Kubuntu and > apparently Linux asks you to log in every > time you start it? Something that constantly > annoying is not an OS, it's Yahoo mail. Is > there a function or add-on program that lets > log you in automatically? >
All *nix-type systems complete the boot process by calling getty... the Login Prompt. You can set an easy password, but you might regret it, particularly if you have sshd running, which will permit anyone on the Internet to run bruteforce dictionary attacks against your computer, when it is connected to the Internet. Also, you never know when someone you trust will burn you, visiting your home when you are at work, and possibly cracking your bank accounts, or finding your porn collection, and showing it to your wife/girlfriend, or turning your computer into a spambot, and installing a keylogger, so they can read everything you type. Passwords are a pretty good idea, in my opinion. -- -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ . http://robertwittig.net/ . http://robertwittig.org/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0It09A/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
