On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 12:22:57PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Sunday 29 December 2013 00:38:30 Weaver wrote:
> > On Sat, December 28, 2013 3:49 pm, Lisi Reisz wrote:
[..]
> > > It is perfectly possible to lose all or part of one's memory
> > > without an accident. All it requires is old age and
On Sun, 2013-12-29 at 12:22 +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Sunday 29 December 2013 00:38:30 Weaver wrote:
> > On Sat, December 28, 2013 3:49 pm, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > On Saturday 28 December 2013 11:56:37 Chris Bannister wrote:
> > >> On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 02:43:11PM +0400, Reco wrote:
> > >> >
On Sunday 29 December 2013 00:38:30 Weaver wrote:
> On Sat, December 28, 2013 3:49 pm, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Saturday 28 December 2013 11:56:37 Chris Bannister wrote:
> >> On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 02:43:11PM +0400, Reco wrote:
> >> > And storing banking information outside someone's head is
> >>
On Sat, December 28, 2013 3:49 pm, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Saturday 28 December 2013 11:56:37 Chris Bannister wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 02:43:11PM +0400, Reco wrote:
>> > And storing banking information outside someone's head is wrong
>> > on so many levels that I don't even know where to s
On Saturday 28 December 2013 11:56:37 Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 02:43:11PM +0400, Reco wrote:
> > And storing banking information outside someone's head is wrong
> > on so many levels that I don't even know where to start ;)
>
> If you have a nasty accident and lose parts of
On Sat, 2013-12-28 at 23:13 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On 12/28/13, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 02:43:11PM +0400, Reco wrote:
> >> And storing banking information outside someone's head is wrong on so
> >> many levels that I don't even know where to start ;)
> >
> > If
On Sun, 2013-12-29 at 00:56 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 02:43:11PM +0400, Reco wrote:
> > And storing banking information outside someone's head is wrong on so
> > many levels that I don't even know where to start ;)
>
> If you have a nasty accident and lose parts of yo
On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 00:56:37 +1300
Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 02:43:11PM +0400, Reco wrote:
> > And storing banking information outside someone's head is wrong on so
> > many levels that I don't even know where to start ;)
>
> If you have a nasty accident and lose parts of
On 12/28/13, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 02:43:11PM +0400, Reco wrote:
>> And storing banking information outside someone's head is wrong on so
>> many levels that I don't even know where to start ;)
>
> If you have a nasty accident and lose parts of your memory is a damn
> go
On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 02:43:11PM +0400, Reco wrote:
> And storing banking information outside someone's head is wrong on so
> many levels that I don't even know where to start ;)
If you have a nasty accident and lose parts of your memory is a damn
good reason, and that is just as a start! :)
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Hi.
On Sat, 28 Dec 2013 21:01:31 +1100
Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On 12/25/13, Reco wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:51:25 +0100
> > Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 15:40 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >> > On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 18:04 +0400, Reco wrote:
> >> > > I wrote "one r
On 12/25/13, Reco wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:51:25 +0100
> Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 15:40 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> > On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 18:04 +0400, Reco wrote:
>> > > I wrote "one runs two instances of firefox with different profiles
To friends stuck in propri
On 25/12/13 14:08, Joel Rees wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Reco wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:29:28 +0100
>> Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>
>>> This would lead to "Error: cannot open display: :0.0".
>>> Sure, $ xhost +; sudo -u [...] does the trick,
>>
>> No, if you do it smart
Hi.
On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 08:33:12 +0100
Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-12-25 at 08:28 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Wed, 2013-12-25 at 11:05 +0400, Reco wrote:
> > > And that assumes you're keeping browsing history. Why people are doin'
> > > this is something that I can never understand
On Wed, 2013-12-25 at 08:28 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-12-25 at 11:05 +0400, Reco wrote:
> > And that assumes you're keeping browsing history. Why people are doin'
> > this is something that I can never understand.
>
> Ok, in this case I recommend to use
>
> [rocketmouse@archlinux
On Wed, 2013-12-25 at 11:05 +0400, Reco wrote:
> And that assumes you're keeping browsing history. Why people are doin'
> this is something that I can never understand.
Ok, in this case I recommend to use
[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Q tor-browser-en
tor-browser-en 3.5-1
For my Debian and
Hi.
On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 07:33:53 +0100
Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-12-25 at 10:15 +0400, Reco wrote:
> > b) That sneaky sandbox user can override firefox with something
> > like /home/user9-boxed/bin/firefox, which is bad.
>
> Here we are again ;).
>
> Using a profile, supported by fir
On Wed, 2013-12-25 at 10:15 +0400, Reco wrote:
> b) That sneaky sandbox user can override firefox with something
> like /home/user9-boxed/bin/firefox, which is bad.
Here we are again ;).
Using a profile, supported by firefox, is the easiest and securest way.
I only use another user, instead of a
Hi.
On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 12:08:01 +0900
Joel Rees wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Reco wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:29:28 +0100
> > Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >
> >> This would lead to "Error: cannot open display: :0.0".
> >> Sure, $ xhost +; sudo -u [...] does the trick
On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Reco wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:29:28 +0100
> Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
>> This would lead to "Error: cannot open display: :0.0".
>> Sure, $ xhost +; sudo -u [...] does the trick,
>
> No, if you do it smart way, such as (in .xsessionrc):
>
> xauth extrac
On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:51:25 +0100
Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 15:40 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 18:04 +0400, Reco wrote:
> > > I wrote "one runs two instances of firefox with different profiles
> >
> > and I replied that you can start your default browse
On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 15:40 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 18:04 +0400, Reco wrote:
> > I wrote "one runs two instances of firefox with different profiles
>
> and I replied that you can start your default browser with a profile
> too. The issue you pointed out is the same for t
On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 18:04 +0400, Reco wrote:
> I wrote "one runs two instances of firefox with different profiles
and I replied that you can start your default browser with a profile
too. The issue you pointed out is the same for the profile approach and
another user account approach. If you wan
On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 14:54:35 +0100
Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> A last note, before I go off-line for holidays.
>
> A user is allowed to add a profile, but a user needs to ask the admin to
> add a new user ;).
Ok, I've read all your contribution to the thread. Let us start with
something simple.
You'
A last note, before I go off-line for holidays.
A user is allowed to add a profile, but a user needs to ask the admin to
add a new user ;).
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> > Sudo can be configured for passwordless access, but that's not the
> > point.
>
> That is a point, you want users to tinker with root privileges, when
> there is a better, a KISS solution that is idiotproof.
Sorry, with privileges, not root privileges. Anyway completely unneeded,
and anti-KI
Oops, Reco wrote, not I ;).
> On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 14:35 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > Sudo can be configured for passwordless access, but that's not the
> > point.
>
> That is a point, you want users to tinker with root privileges, when
> there is a better, a KISS solution that is idiotproof.
On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 14:35 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Sudo can be configured for passwordless access, but that's not the
> point.
That is a point, you want users to tinker with root privileges, when
there is a better, a KISS solution that is idiotproof.
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On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 16:42 +0400, Reco wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:29:28 +0100
> Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> > This would lead to "Error: cannot open display: :0.0".
> > Sure, $ xhost +; sudo -u [...] does the trick,
>
> No, if you do it smart way, such as (in .xsessionrc):
>
> xaut
Hi.
On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:29:28 +0100
Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> This would lead to "Error: cannot open display: :0.0".
> Sure, $ xhost +; sudo -u [...] does the trick,
No, if you do it smart way, such as (in .xsessionrc):
xauth extract - $DISPLAY | sudo -u user1 -- sh -c \
"cat -> /home/user1/.
On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 16:17 +0400, Reco wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:13:26 +0100
> Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> > If I start Firefox with profile A, I might have cookies enabled by
> > default and the history only includes Linux links.
> >
> > When using Firefox profile B, I perhaps have cookies d
On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:13:26 +0100
Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> If I start Firefox with profile A, I might have cookies enabled by
> default and the history only includes Linux links.
>
> When using Firefox profile B, I perhaps have cookies disabled by default
> and the history only includes links to a
On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 16:05 +0400, Reco wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 12:55:23 +0100
> Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> > I want to have different profiles on Linux machines to have different
> > settings, different histories without changing the user.
>
> A classic example of a 'XY problem', Ra
Hi.
On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 12:55:23 +0100
Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> I want to have different profiles on Linux machines to have different
> settings, different histories without changing the user.
A classic example of a 'XY problem', Ralf.
What problem are you trying to solve with this approach?
Re
On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 08:08 +, Bonno Bloksma wrote:
> Different browser profiles is like the way Outlook (Express) on
> Windows have/had different profiles. That is a leftover from the old
> times like Windows 3, 9x, etc when there was no possibility to have
> different logins. Unix style compu
On Tue, 2013-12-24 at 11:24 +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> But I didn't have much time
Adding a new user and _copying the home directory from one user to the
other_ and then making a few changes would save some time.
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On Tuesday 24 December 2013 08:08:21 Bonno Bloksma wrote:
> Hi Ralf,
>
> >> But, isn't this the whole reason we use different login names
> >> and let people have different home directories with their own
> >> configs?
> >
> > Not necessarily when it's a family computer.
>
> I would almost say espe
Ahoj,
Dňa Tue, 24 Dec 2013 08:08:21 + Bonno Bloksma
napísal:
> Hi Ralf,
>
> >> But, isn't this the whole reason we use different login names and
> >> let people have different home directories with their own configs?
> >
> > Not necessarily when it's a family computer.
>
> I would almost s
Hi Ralf,
>> But, isn't this the whole reason we use different login names and let
>> people have different home directories with their own configs?
>
> Not necessarily when it's a family computer.
I would almost say especially when it is a family computer. This is how I set
it up all the time.
On Mon, 23 Dec 2013 16:53:36 +0100, Bonno Bloksma wrote:
But, isn't this the whole reason we use different login names and let
people have different home directories with their own configs?
Not necessarily when it's a family computer. Helpful could be different
browser profiles. Some browse
On Monday 23 December 2013 15:53:36 Bonno Bloksma wrote:
> Hi,
>
> >> > But I have in the past signed onto my own account on my
> >> > netbook and %$^&*^$£ Google won't allow me to do anything
> >> > else. I can sign into my account, add Peter as an additional
> >> > account, and then in future si
Hi,
>> > But I have in the past signed onto my own account on my netbook and
>> > %$^&*^$£ Google won't allow me to do anything else. I can sign into
>> > my account, add Peter as an additional account, and then in future
>> > sign into his account from my account. But I don't want that. I
>
On 22/12/13 12:54, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Lisi Reisz wrote:
>> Scott Ferguson wrote:
>>> 1. Logout of your gmail account.
>>> 2. Wipe cookies (Iceweasel -> Edit -> Preferences... -> Privacy ->
>>> Remove individual cookies... -> Remove all cookies -> Close.
>>> (google "saves" your account login using
Lisi Reisz wrote:
> Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > 1. Logout of your gmail account.
> > 2. Wipe cookies (Iceweasel -> Edit -> Preferences... -> Privacy ->
> > Remove individual cookies... -> Remove all cookies -> Close.
> > (google "saves" your account login using cookies).
> > 3. Login to his gmail acc
On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 17:37:47 -0500 Rob Owens sent:
> > But I have in the past signed onto my own account on my netbook
> > and %$^&*^$£ Google won't allow me to do anything else. I can sign
> > into my account, add Peter as an additional account, and then in
> > future sign into his account fr
On Saturday 21 December 2013 22:59:34 Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 22/12/13 09:31, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > My husband, a real technophobe, is going away for three weeks to
> > house-sit. It is a last minute booking. He is going at 5:30 in
> > the morning. I am giving him my netbook so that he can ke
On Saturday 21 December 2013 22:37:47 Rob Owens wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 10:31:16PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > My husband, a real technophobe, is going away for three weeks to
> > house-sit. It is a last minute booking. He is going at 5:30 in
> > the morning. I am giving him my netbook
On 22/12/13 09:31, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> My husband, a real technophobe, is going away for three weeks to
> house-sit. It is a last minute booking. He is going at 5:30 in the
> morning. I am giving him my netbook so that he can keep up with his
> emails. I have to keep it really simple or he w
On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 10:31:16PM +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> My husband, a real technophobe, is going away for three weeks to
> house-sit. It is a last minute booking. He is going at 5:30 in the
> morning. I am giving him my netbook so that he can keep up with his
> emails. I have to keep i
My husband, a real technophobe, is going away for three weeks to
house-sit. It is a last minute booking. He is going at 5:30 in the
morning. I am giving him my netbook so that he can keep up with his
emails. I have to keep it really simple or he will just freak out
when I am 250 miles (c.40
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