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  • Subject: Re: [BL] Regarding multi-user setup in BL3.40
  • Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:31:29 +1200

Message from Steven
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Sindi wrote:
>
> I am setting up BL3 for friends to use online with Opera.
> I have never had problems with security as root, but
> running as user makes it even more secure.

Not if you make all executables, devices and directories
writeable by non-root users. A non-root account is more
secure is because it is limited in what it can do. When
you remove those limits, you remove the security.

> Opera is supposedly rather buggy.

Says who? I use Opera often (without java, flash, etc.)
and it works fine. However, it's a different story with
the Opera plugins -- I recommend not using them.

> Steven, have you used Opera with BL3.50 as root?

No, but I tested it thoroughly with BL3.4 (as root).

> When I tried, opera (8.5) could not find libX11.so.6.

There was no change to libX11 between 3.4 and 3.5.

> Is there a way to check for dependencies that a library has?

ldd


Cheers,
Steven






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