Re: [newbie] Connecting to the net as root

2003-07-16 Thread Sharrea
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 23:59, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 21:34, Sharrea wrote: Just one concern, starting/stopping the device must be done as root user. Is there any security issue with this? I don't _think_ there is but... you know paranoia an' all... just want to make sure

[newbie] Connecting to the net as root

2003-07-15 Thread Sharrea
Hi all Yeeha! I've finally got a satellite internet connection - one-way, still have to upload via dialup modem. I was even lucky enough to find a driver for linux (thanks to Bryan Christianson, developer) which was a breeze to compile and setup. Just one concern, starting/stopping the

Re: [newbie] Connecting to the net as root

2003-07-15 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 21:34, Sharrea wrote: Hi all Yeeha! I've finally got a satellite internet connection - one-way, still have to upload via dialup modem. I was even lucky enough to find a driver for linux (thanks to Bryan Christianson, developer) which was a breeze to compile and