[buug] Mouse problem in Linux

[ezekielk at iname.com]

On Thu, 08 Jun 2000, Rick Moen wrote:
> Here's a tip for you:  Install the ssh package.  
> Then, when you absolutely need to become root for 
> a moment, do "ssh root at localhost".

That's cool! I'll do that. Thanx. I just 
downloaded "open ssh", that is, 
"openssh-1.2.3-1.src.rpm". 

> The above alternative allows you to avoid this
> time-wasting drill -- and avoid the temptation to 
> stay logged in as root, which you should always be 
> leery of.

I'm already used to popping in and out of root, 
by running "su" in console. But there are other 
times where I had no choice, but to logout/login 
as root, to accomplish something...such as 
changing permissions on a desktop link. Unitl 
you alerted me to "ssh".

To ensure that I won't connect to the 'net as root, 
I have not set up any ISP access in my root session
...only in my user account.

For installing *.rpm's, I use the "super user mode" 
file manager that Mandrake has thoughtfully provided 
in the menu selection. (This is a GUI tool.) Then, 
just by clicking on an "rpm", it will open to show 
me its contents. However, I cannot select 
"install" unless I'm doing so as root.

> You know, you can do that using apt-get, the 
> Debian utility.  You may want to add a few 
> additional lines in /etc/apt/sources.list .
> If you're interested, I'll suggest a few. 

Yes, I'm interested, Rick. If you post your 
suggestions now, I'll save them to my Debian notes. I 
do not have Debian installed at this time, but will 
try again in about a week. I did not find an 
"apt" folder under my Mandrake "/etc", so I 
presume "apt" is unique to Debian.

And I also presume that "apt-get" is a command line 
FTP process?

> But, to answer your implied question, it is 
> inappropriate to impose on MUAs a need to 
> "word wrap" either outgoing or ingoing message.  

Understood. I was just talking about mail clients, 
not the underlying server functions. At *least 
they should all have the option automatically word 
wrap outgoing messages. Since a lot don't, including 
the one I'm now using (web-mail service "iname.com"), 
I am stuck with having to fuss with every post I 
make.

> > Caldera *does use a different ppp interface: one 
> >that only lets you register one ISP.
> 
> By "interface", you mean configuration tool, 
> I assume.

Caldera has replaced "kppp" with "safer_kppp" 
(or similar spelling), where you (as root) can 
only include a single ISP. But their doc led me 
to instructions on how to manually add more ISPs, 
by creating new "accountx" scripts with a plain 
text editor. Each account has a numeric increment, 
like so: account1, account2, account3, etc. The 
script is so simple you don't even need instructions 
on creating a new one...it's all too obvious.



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