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Lobster
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 15238 Location: Paradox Realm
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Posted: Fri 29 Apr 2011, 22:38 Post subject:
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Fido will save you
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02240
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noryb009
Joined: 20 Mar 2010 Posts: 592
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Posted: Sat 30 Apr 2011, 08:02 Post subject:
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Bernie_by_the_Sea

Joined: 09 Feb 2011 Posts: 329
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Posted: Sat 30 Apr 2011, 10:56 Post subject:
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Okay, to avoid letting Fido in the house we could try cleaning up spot.
Barry wants the "browser working perfectly in every respect. That would include GTK themes, SSL, font rendering, etc. Plus, a mechanism for downloading files outside of /root/spot is needed." He also wants "drag-and-drop browser to the desktop and other rox windows."
My spot browser system (that is a total of 26 bytes) works with drag-and-drop. I just copied it from /root/ to /usr/share and I can drag it to the desktop. My SeaMonkey fonts in spot look fine. How is font rendering tested? Mine is not using my GTK theme -- I'll look at that. SSL? How is this tested? SSL for what? Internet banking? Web hosting? Privacy? Security? Downloads outside of /root/spot? It looks like that might cancel browser-in-spot security.
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jpeps
Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 3217
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Posted: Sat 30 Apr 2011, 11:45 Post subject:
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Bernie_by_the_Sea wrote: | Okay, to avoid letting Fido in the house we could try cleaning up spot.
Barry wants the "browser working perfectly in every respect. That would include GTK themes, SSL, font rendering, etc. Plus, a mechanism for downloading files outside of /root/spot is needed." He also wants "drag-and-drop browser to the desktop and other rox windows."
My spot browser system (that is a total of 26 bytes) works with drag-and-drag. I just copied it from /root/ to /usr/share and I can drag it to the desktop. My SeaMonkey fonts in spot look fine. How is font rendering tested? Mine is not using my GTK theme -- I'll look at that. SSL? How is this tested? SSL for what? Internet banking? Web hosting? Privacy? Security? Downloads outside of /root/spot? It looks like that might cancel browser-in-spot security. |
I think gmail uses SSL; it will probably work in Spot. Fonts generally get installed to /usr/share/fonts, so will need permissions. I use msttcorefonts, so would have to place them somewhere else to work with SPOT.
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rcrsn51

Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 11889 Location: Stratford, Ontario
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Posted: Sat 30 Apr 2011, 12:14 Post subject:
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jpeps wrote: | Fonts generally get installed to /usr/share/fonts, so will need permissions. I use msttcorefonts, so would have to place them somewhere else to work with SPOT. |
You shouldn't need write permission to use a font. Spot should still have read permission on places like /usr/share/fonts.
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jpeps
Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 3217
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Posted: Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:08 Post subject:
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rcrsn51 wrote: | jpeps wrote: | Fonts generally get installed to /usr/share/fonts, so will need permissions. I use msttcorefonts, so would have to place them somewhere else to work with SPOT. |
You shouldn't need write permission to use a font. Spot should still have read permission on places like /usr/share/fonts. |
You're right, they're available. They didn't initially show up because my setting are in /root
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L18L
Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 3431 Location: www.eussenheim.de/
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Posted: Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:39 Post subject:
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Browsing as root and spot will confuse everybody
Downloads
The only change in our behaviour is that installing directly from browser will not work for spot. It is just 1 click more if Downloads is opened in rox.
But the entire discussion is for safety of especially new users (and reviewers' opinions about puppy)
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- browsing as root should become not possible anymore.
- /root/Downloads will be owned by spot
- changes in browser configuration: no open as petget
- offering only directories writeable by spot
HTTPS
no problem, I have already inspected my banking account as user spot
Drag and Drop no problem to drag text from browser to root's console or geany
So I am very confidont
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rcrsn51

Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 11889 Location: Stratford, Ontario
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Posted: Sat 30 Apr 2011, 16:30 Post subject:
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In Quirky 1.3 and Wary 5.11, sound doesn't work in Spot. You can fix it by increasing permissions
L18L wrote: | browsing as root should become not possible anymore. |
So what happens to a user with a frugal install inside a Windows partition whose savefile isn't big enough to hold a download?
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Bruce B
Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 11488 Location: The Peoples Republic of California
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Posted: Sat 30 Apr 2011, 19:10 Post subject:
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rcrsn51 wrote: | So what happens to a user with a frugal install inside a Windows partition whose savefile isn't big enough to hold a download? |
Does Windows understand Linux permissions?
On a Linux partition, I made a download directory, outside pupsave, with spot as
the owner. Spot can read and write to this directory.
Then of course that directory is spot's default download directory. To keep
things more orderly, spot can make subdirectories within it, before committing the download.
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rcrsn51

Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 11889 Location: Stratford, Ontario
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Posted: Sat 30 Apr 2011, 19:33 Post subject:
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Quote: | Does Windows understand Linux permissions? |
That's the point. Forcing users to browse as Spot means that they can only download into a Linux partition.
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Lobster
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 15238 Location: Paradox Realm
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Posted: Sun 01 May 2011, 01:30 Post subject:
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Fido available as a pet
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02241
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James C

Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 6717 Location: Kentucky
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Posted: Sun 01 May 2011, 01:33 Post subject:
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Believe I'll stick with running as Root.
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nooby
Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 10548 Location: SwedenEurope
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Posted: Sun 01 May 2011, 04:16 Post subject:
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http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02240
That is the link to Fido on Barry's blog on my computer
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not an ideal solution though
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L18L
Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 3431 Location: www.eussenheim.de/
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Posted: Sun 01 May 2011, 04:50 Post subject:
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rcrsn51 wrote: | ...
L18L wrote: | browsing as root should become not possible anymore. |
So what happens to a user with a frugal install inside a Windows partition whose savefile isn't big enough to hold a download? |
I admit, I had not been thinking about windows when making that statement. It has been influenced by Bruce's comment
Now there is no root .mozilla. I changed things so if I accidentally try and start Firefox as root, it won't run. Basically, modifying start scripts to verify the user is spot.
I don't have a windows partition and can now only speculate about what would happen in that situation:
if the savefile is not big enough the system will request to increase the savefile. The savefile itself is .sfs, permissions in windows(none= all =777). Inside the savefile there are permissions set linux files.
Of course this needs to be confirmed by real tests, volunteers to the rescue please.
Until that I stay confidont.
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nooby
Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 10548 Location: SwedenEurope
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Posted: Sun 01 May 2011, 05:34 Post subject:
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As you all know I am not the sharpest knife in our collective drawer
So take this as a friendly teaser.
Would it be easier to do without a pupsave file? English user don't need it for changing the keyboard map to no or dk or de or fr or es or whatever.
Each time I try a non puppy linux distro I end uo going to Terminal and writing setxkbmap se to know where to find / or [ or something else needed.
What else does one need a pupsavefile for. Time. We all live in different time zones. Could that be handled in some other way?
Sure one want to retain the Firefox bookmarks and kind people tell me to use a free online sync but that makes me to rely on them getting enough ads that pay for it or they go pay or go broke.
so I have tried to solve this by exporting bookmarks as a html and then one click on these and add them as bookmarks maually each time at boot when one need them. Cumbersome but one need no pupsavefile.
What else is it needed for. oh yes all the other changes that people love. Switch the background image and change style and icons and how the menu list things and so on. Screen savers and what not.
So could one just load such as an sfs file instead using SFS-Exec that Seaside has a thread about? I don't know just trying to think
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