Re: A couple of problems...

2003-01-11 Thread Tiziano Cerato
| Hello everybody, | I looking for some help about 2 different problems. | I'm trying to install a DSL modem with an USB interface, the | problem is that it gets power from USB port but I can't get it | to power up. I never used any USB device before, so I'm only | guessing how to get it work...

Re: A couple of problems...

2003-01-10 Thread Rick Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tiziano Cerato wrote: | Hello everybody, | I looking for some help about 2 different problems. | I'm trying to install a DSL modem with an USB interface, the | problem is that it gets power from USB port but I can't get it | to power up. I never used

A couple of problems...

2003-01-10 Thread Tiziano Cerato
Hello everybody, I looking for some help about 2 different problems. I'm trying to install a DSL modem with an USB interface, the problem is that it gets power from USB port but I can't get it to power up. I never used any USB device before, so I'm only guessing how to get it work... I tryed using

Re: a couple of problems in RH5

1998-03-19 Thread Randy Carpenter
> > > intended as a backdoor-type feature? > > > > Yes, so that the administrator could walk through a lab, and be able to > > unlock any terminal that was locked by a mere mortal. :) > > Ugh - particularly in a lab this is really asking for a trojan! A much > better way of doing this is to get

Re: a couple of problems in RH5

1998-03-19 Thread Robert Hart
On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Derek Balling wrote: > On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Lane J. Bryson wrote: > > > First, when any user uses xlock, entering the root password at the > > prompt will stop xlock, returning to the user's screen. Is this > > intended as a backdoor-type feature? > > Yes, so that the admi

RE: a couple of problems in RH5

1998-03-19 Thread Greg Fall
On 19-Mar-98 Lane J. Bryson wrote: > Second, from control panel I choose user manager, and then make > changes in groups or users. Then i click the "save" box. This > doesn't appear to do anything, because when I click "Quit" it asks > me,"Are you sure you want to quit without saving?" Then I

Re: a couple of problems in RH5

1998-03-19 Thread Derek Balling
On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Lane J. Bryson wrote: > First, when any user uses xlock, entering the root password at the > prompt will stop xlock, returning to the user's screen. Is this > intended as a backdoor-type feature? Yes, so that the administrator could walk through a lab, and be able to unlock

a couple of problems in RH5

1998-03-19 Thread Lane J. Bryson
I've been running RH5 for a little while at home, and I have found what I believe to be a security flaw and an application error. Does anybody have some enlightenment regarding these: First, when any user uses xlock, entering the root password at the prompt will stop xlock, returning to the user