on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 08:25:07AM -0400, Hall Stevenson (hallstevenson@mindspring.com) wrote: > > > > > I recently installed Netscape Communicator, which works great, > > > > > except that I can't run it as root due to "security reasons". > > > > > Does anyone know how I can get around this? > > > > > > > > Don't run it as root. > > > > hmmm, not the most useful answer I have ever seen, edit the file > > /etc/netscape4/config and either uncomment the line which says > > ALLOW_ROOT=yes or add it to the config file. > > > > Again: don't run it as root. > > Again, he asked *how* to do it. He didn't ask for people's opinions on > whether or not he should. It's his business if he's runs it as root. > It's his system. If he needs to run it as root and fully understands the risks he can explore the system on his own and figure it out. Given the context of his post, I felt the better response was to advise, strongly, against the activity. d-u isn't strictly a "how do I do foo" list. It's also a "try bar instead" and "doing foo can really screw yourself over". -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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