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Message from Steven
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Sindi wrote:
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> 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