Leaving the system like that, is okay if you are the only person in the room, or the only one with access. It is more of a security concern when you are running the system as a workstation in an office building where more than 1 person has physical access to the machine. Anyways, if you are going to leave an account logged in on the machine, especially if it is in an unsecured room, you should make sure that you lock the machine. Better still is to log out, since that way, there is no chance that you might leave the computer running, and forget to "lock" the display.
Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://findaschool.org/~mviron At 09:25 AM 3/10/2002 -0800, you wrote: >my system runs 24/7 right where i leave it. if i am writing a webpage or >composing email, that is where i leave it. i usually have 3-5 konqi's >running, kmail, and a couple of kword or abiword, often also opera is >running, and setiathome is always on. > >by the way, setiathome is great way to do something while your machine is >not "in use" by you. if the other distributed computing efforts write some >linux apps you could try them too. > >http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ > >if you are connected to the internet, be sure you have a firewall of >somekind. i have both a hardware solution in my router and a firewall > >On Saturday 09 March 2002 23:23, Greg opened a hailing frequency and >transmitted: > >> Hi everyone I was wondering how a system should be left running if it >> is connected to the internet and what is best for the operating system I >> have a home built box running 8.1 and i leave it at the log in screen >> for KDE is that a good way to leave the system when not being used >> Thanks Greg > >-- >"My job is bring comfort to the disturbed, and disturb the comfortable." > >shane >http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ >Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 >http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! >Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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