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Sindi Keesan

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> > The problem i'm still having is that i can
> > access my Yahoo email when i'm logged
> > in as root, but i still get an SSL error message
> > when i log in as the 'regular user' and try
> > to access Yahoo Mail. This is when i click
> > the link, before i even get to the Yahoo
> > login page.
> >
> >
> >
> > -monz

BL is so strange (being based on busybox, to start with) that it is 
unlikely anyone would break into your system even if you ran it as root 
(with a password added, for some security).

The 'mail' program is a little script based on pmail - not the best thing 
for relaying spam.

How would someone in theory take over a BL computer?

I checked for rootkits (linux virus-like things) and the only suspicious 
files were the pieces of busybox.  This is after running as root for 
years, online.

I have of course been scolded for this, which is why I finally set things 
up to work as user.

Sindi