Re: [newbie] Security Issues

2001-03-13 Thread Randy Meyer
Andrew wrote: > > Does anyone know of a good utility program to use in order to test > security on a Linux box? > > Andrew http://crypto.yashy.com/

Re: [newbie] X windows crashed

2001-03-09 Thread Randy Meyer
Kyle Baker wrote: > > Did you just install KDE 2.1? Because when I installed its RPMs > I encountered the exact same problem. Instead of going into X > it would just kick me into a non-GUI login screen. Couldn't > ever get around it so I just re-installed (I was needing to do a > clean install

Re: [newbie] Startup services, which are necessary?

2001-03-09 Thread Randy Meyer
Jeremy Hughes wrote: > > > Paul Rodríguez wrote: > > > > Hi, I'm in the process of trying to secure my system. I have > > pmfirewall set up and working well, but there are a lot of holes > > still. One of the things that I am trying to do is minimize > > unnecessary startup services, both for s

Re: [newbie] File Names

2001-03-05 Thread Randy Meyer
Pete Clapham wrote: > > Hi, all -- > > I am a convert to MDK 7.2 from 7.0, and there are a few things I miss about > KDE1. Specifically, there are some utilities on the desktop in 7.0 that > aren't there in 7.2. For example, I would like to be able to click on an > icon on the desktop or the t

[newbie] To any linux newbies who really want to know their system well....

2001-03-05 Thread Randy Meyer
I do. I threw out the other OS and put this one in. About a month or so ago. It's all I have right now. Just a lone personal computer with a new operating system. It was total system shock at first. Thank god for a distribution that took care of most of the details for me. I'm not suffering from a

Re: [newbie] Difference between a Linux "link" and a "shortcut" in prior OS

2001-03-01 Thread Randy Meyer
Kelley Terry wrote: > Permissions are the same. The name of the link can be changed independently > of the original file. If you log into kde as root or another user with access > to the original file only then can you change the name of the link. You can > also 'su' in a terminal and then 'rm

Re: [newbie] Difference between a Linux "link" and a "shortcut" in prior OS

2001-03-01 Thread Randy Meyer
Kelley Terry wrote: > You can edit the link by right clicking on it and select properties. In the > opened window you can edit the name directly and also change the icon by > clicking on it and selecting a new one. Permissions do remain the same as > the file it's linked to for obvious securit

[newbie] Difference between a Linux "link" and a "shortcut" in prior OS

2001-03-01 Thread Randy Meyer
Using LM 7.2 I want to set up an icon on my user account KDE desktop that will launch Netscape and display the index.html file that is the entry point into the Mandrake Reference Manual in the /usr/share/doc/Mandrake/en directory. I dragged the index.html file from Konqueror to the desktop and se

Re: [newbie] untar commands?

2001-02-28 Thread Randy Meyer
Bill Barto wrote: > > Could someone please tell me how to uncompress and install a tar.gz > file? > I have been trying for hours checking the docs and can't seem to make it > work. > My BIOS ate my 40G HD and I installed new controller card. MFG only has > e-mail > support and wife is crying abou