Re: Surfing

Bob Crochelt (crochelt@kpunet.net)
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:37:01 -0900 (AKST) 

Claudio, in addition to what Bartosz wrote,
it may be wise to stop surfing the web as root.  Make yourself a user 
account and use that for routine usage.  Otherwise, your system will be 
insecure, and you may accidentally delete more stuff you need.

Good luck!

-- 
Bob Crochelt, MD, PhD, FACS

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On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Bartosz Wucke wrote:

> 
> 
> Claudio wrote:
> > Hi, i have this problem:
> > I deleted the file  group in/etc and now the user can't
> >  enter in Afterstep: startx ---> command not found
> 
> You screwed up baaaad! That file is one of the essentials for whole Linux (or 
> any Unix clone you may be using) working correctly. Get a copy from a friend 
> for "template" and edit it by hand basing on the file /etc/passwd with this syntax:
> 
> 'group' file syntax:
> 
> groupname:pass:GID:(optional additional members, comma separated)
> 
> 'passwd' file syntax:
> 
> username:UID:GID:gecos:homedir:shell
> 
> Every user in "passwd" file has to have a GID that exists in 'group' - match 
> existing "virtual" users (demons, system groups etc)  to existing groups 
> (usually same or similar names) and create a group like 'users' with unique GID 
> to which you can set all common ("human") user GIDs in passwd. Use high GID 
> (>100, preferably >500) so you won't get in conflict with any daemon that could 
> create its own GID.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > But the problem very very important is that when i connect in internet i 
> > just do it only from root and i can surf only from lynx: Mozilla in 
> > AfterStep doesn't work: why?
> > I use Debian Sarge.
> > Bye and thank you
> > Claudio
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