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  • Subject: Re: [BL] HOME variable and links2ssl in BL
  • Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:38:03 +0000 (UTC)



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




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