Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-28 Thread RichardA
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 14:41:34 -0400, yankl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bad idea, If your computer connected to the Internet. Even though, the > number of viruses/trojans for LINUX is miniscule it not 0. Given all > user root rights will increase chance for getting your box compromise. > I was re

Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-28 Thread RichardA
On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 09:41:32 +, Dick Gevers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pardon me for saying so but a/ there is no man sudoers, at least not > on my MD 9.1; b/man sudo can be read for sure. If it looks too hard to > comprehend remember to visit it at a later stage. I have a man page for sudo

Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-27 Thread robin
Derek wrote: On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 12:25 pm, robin wrote: What I'd like to do is a little less drastic than previous posts. I use korganizer to access a calendar stored on a remote server, but this means that whenever I login, KDE presents me with a password request. The KDE Control Centre (

Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-27 Thread Derek
On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 12:25 pm, robin wrote: > What I'd like to do is a little less drastic than previous posts. I use > korganizer to access a calendar stored on a remote server, but this > means that whenever I login, KDE presents me with a password request. > The KDE Control Centre (or Konque

Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-27 Thread robin
RichardA wrote: On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 14:25:27 +0300, robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What I'd like to do is a little less drastic than previous posts. I use korganizer to access a calendar stored on a remote server, but this means that whenever I login, KDE presents me with a password request.

Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-27 Thread RichardA
On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 14:25:27 +0300, robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I'd like to do is a little less drastic than previous posts. I > use korganizer to access a calendar stored on a remote server, but > this means that whenever I login, KDE presents me with a password > request. The KDE Co

Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-27 Thread robin
What I'd like to do is a little less drastic than previous posts. I use korganizer to access a calendar stored on a remote server, but this means that whenever I login, KDE presents me with a password request. The KDE Control Centre (or Konqueror configuration) insists that I set a timeout on

Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-27 Thread Dick Gevers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Lance, Richard and others, On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:15:54 +0100, RichardA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] keep password broken?: >Don't read man sudoers -- your head will explode. Pardon me for saying so but a/ there is

Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-26 Thread yankl
On Friday 26 September 2003 12:15 pm, RichardA wrote: > On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 21:52:43 +0900, Lance Cummings > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sure. But absolutely no one can get near my computer. ^_^ And I do > > mean no one. > > Then put your user account in /etc/sudoers. > > Don't read man sud

Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-26 Thread RichardA
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 21:52:43 +0900, Lance Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sure. But absolutely no one can get near my computer. ^_^ And I do > mean no one. Then put your user account in /etc/sudoers. Don't read man sudoers -- your head will explode. Instead, add this line: username

Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-26 Thread Lance Cummings
Hi Anne, Friday, September 26, 2003, 7:38:23 PM, you wrote: AW> On Friday 26 Sep 2003 10:27 am, Lance Cummings wrote: >> File manager su mode and Mandrake Control Center both prompt for >> root's secret of course. And both have a check box to keep the >> password. My experience is that this che

Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-26 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 26 Sep 2003 10:27 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > File manager su mode and Mandrake Control Center both prompt for > root's secret of course. And both have a check box to keep the > password. My experience is that this check box don't mean a thing. > > Anyone else? > > Lance Have you thoug

Re: [newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-26 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 26 Sep 2003 10:27 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > File manager su mode and Mandrake Control Center both prompt for > root's secret of course. And both have a check box to keep the > password. My experience is that this check box don't mean a thing. > > Anyone else? > > Lance It does not k

[newbie] keep password broken?

2003-09-26 Thread Lance Cummings
File manager su mode and Mandrake Control Center both prompt for root's secret of course. And both have a check box to keep the password. My experience is that this check box don't mean a thing. Anyone else? Lance Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrak