Re: X Windows security

2004-10-15 Thread Don Parris
Sherman, Michael (GE Energy) wrote: Hi all. I have a quick question. I know that a machine is much less secure when X Windows is running. Does it apply in the same way when X stuff is installed, but the desktop is not actually running? How secure are vncserver sessions and X over ssh? Thanks in adv

Re: X Windows security

2004-10-15 Thread Don Parris
Sherman, Michael (GE Energy) wrote: Hi all. I have a quick question. I know that a machine is much less secure when X Windows is running. Does it apply in the same way when X stuff is installed, but the desktop is not actually running? How secure are vncserver sessions and X over ssh? Thanks in adv

Re: adduser problem

2004-10-11 Thread Don Parris
You might check out LightSys (http://www.lightsys.org/), though I think they only deal with missions groups. Tim, a lightsys guy, also participates in the CS-FSLUG Mailing list. He may be willing to help out voluntarily - don't know. For your church, The Freely Project has a new helpdesk for

Re: New user Q: Best way to stay up to date on "testing"?

2004-10-08 Thread Don Parris
-- Original Message - Subject: New user Q: Best way to stay up to date on "testing"? Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 15:18:02 -0500 From: JW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, Sorry to bother everyone with newbie questions, but I'm struggling to understand the entire Deb