I share.

It's my computer, I'm in the best position to know if I need protection from myself. If I really could type in a command incorrectly and destroy the system, I'll make sure not to type in that command again. If the 'superuser' can do anything and everything, cool, way cool! Then I want to be the sup...

Actually, Pizzasgood, it seems to me that you are thinking a lot about this and that can trump whatever lack of knowledge because you will ultimately increase the knowledge. Re multi-user distros: Lots of the binaries are owned by root and can only be executed by root. I understand what you mean abo...

Thanks Aitch for the heads up. Naturally because I run a Debian server (more than just Puppies here) I noticed that. The news of that big security oops spread through the Debian community like wildfire on the plains. It was swiftly corrected and security updates for openssh client and server were up...

A limited user can be almost as good of a zombie as the root user. Consider that one more time, slowly. In the "big" distros "limited" means limited, a limited zombie doesn't have necessary permissions to run a mail relay (to distribute spam, etc) or to change system configurati...

Ahh, actually, you are right about port 80. If you would care to read further about it there is this (but it's pretty dry reading): RFC 2068 - Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1. Since you have found out that part of what I wrote was correct, I hope you will reconsider the rest of what I wrote...

ambercomm, it has been a pleasure trying to help you. You have used a careful approach in trying to understand what we are suggesting and have remained persistent even though situation was complex and you were working with a system that belonged to someone else. Good work! For your consideration. An...

Aitch, hello again. My take., I can say this, both 3.01 and Dingo run fine on my overclocked celeron. Note: I am a moderate overclocker not an extreme one like your friend, I just do it to squeak a bit more value out of a little cheaper CPU on one box I have that has an appropriate mainboard. I don'...

This thread has several redeeming qualities, aside from the possible help for ambercomm. Not the least of which is, it is possible we have illustrated some examples. Whether the examples were good or bad probably depends on one's point of view (or perhaps location, unspecified or not - it might even...

Yes Aitch, it is a very different story when trying to help someone remotely. The slightest typo or mistake and if the other person doesn't get back to the post quickly enough disasters can happen. And we can't be there to stop the finger from pushing "Enter". I know that any of us, using ...

the probes from grc.com are not testing your computer, they ae testing the modem/router. Yes, I am pretty sure only my router ever gets tested, but I had noticed that the iptables rules are set to allow "icmp pings". Is it just to comply with that RFC-1122-thing or is there a more practic...

I know we don't want to hijack this thread No, and I don't have the technical knowledge to have any sensible conversation about this. All I know is that a network which is down will be brought up if there's a modem attached and turned on, when the network service is disabled and the service is not ...

Hope this gives some insights.. It gives some very clear insights, rav It just boils down to what we have already talked about. For computer users such as yourself, there needs to be an avenue for them to buy a pre-configured system. Truth is, this information has been recognised for quite a while....

I think all the lights stay lit all the time, even when the browser just sits and spins. I'll pay close attention at noon. Well, if the light on the port for your wired connection stays on, that is supposed to indicate a link (connection), is the light on the ethernet interface of your computer on ...

Aitch and ambercomm, I ran on to this, mentioned somewhere else by someone with regard to a different topic and thought it might have application in our discussion about ambercomm's system restore. It explains dd better than I could. It's an old article, August 2000, the article is about computer fo...

Ah, yes! The politician's favourite diversion - selective quotation. It seems to elude Mr n. that the uncited part of my missive contained the complete analysis and solution - yet again. Wouldn't mind betting that English comprehension is better in HK than in his unannounced home village. Follow mi...

This forum is being used to fix Xbuntu/Win98 screw-ups. I take your, and Sage's point. I do think this thread in in an incorrect forum section but only a moderator can change that. The Puppy Forum is a friendly forum, Aitch and I and others are trying to help someone who is new to both GNU/Linux an...

Is udev just a big menace? I've been looking at the "big" distros and trying to learn things. I can't control the network connection - even though it is configured NOT to start on boot, it'll still connect automatically and I was told that that is because of udev. What's the point of some...

RTFM is extremely good advice, both in general and in reference to operating systems. That being said, it is the manner in which the advice is given that can seem unfriendly. I often do tell people to read for further information and clarification, it isn't always possible, or advisable, to cover ev...

Now, when I got my PC, XP was pre-installed and everything worked. There was also a restore partition that restored everything to factory in 10 minutes. ... Do I feel confident that my next PC will be Linux only? Not at all, with the hassles that I perceive it takes to get a system up an running co...