Re: [newbie] su for desktop icon

2000-11-16 Per discussione Peter Heusel
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, you wrote: Got gtoaster up and running. Works fine from the command line after I log in as su. Is there any way to modify my desktop icon to open gtoaster as su? Mike Riffle Morgantown, WV USA http://web.mountain.net/~kneiper/rifrak.htm Montani Semper Liberi NRA

[newbie] cable modem, tulip driver and LM7.2

2000-11-04 Per discussione Peter Heusel
I had my @Home service working fine under Mandrake 7.1 with an Ethernet card which uses the Macronix MX987x5 driver. Under 7.1 my Ethernet card is autodetected and my Internet connection works perfectly after going through the network installation wizard. With 7.2 it correctly identifies the same

Re: [newbie] cable modem, tulip driver and LM7.2

2000-11-04 Per discussione Peter Heusel
I am set up statically already, but I don't understand why repushing my modem and computer will help. I have completely reinstalled 7.1 several times and my @Home connection works everytime. However, whenever I install 7.2 and follow the exact same network configuration I cannot connect. As I

[newbie] open ports security problem

2000-08-28 Per discussione Peter Heusel
How do you close ports and/or shut down servers running on these ports (is this synonymous?). I run Mandrake 7.1 and I need to find an answer to this because my @Home service provider has informed me that I cannot have servers running on my machine (obviously set up by default since I don't know