Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:07:29
Message-Id: 4C623722.7090200@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice by Walter Dnes
1 Walter Dnes wrote:
2 > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 09:16:20PM -0500, Dale wrote
3 >
4 >
5 >> I used to use wvdial as well as pon and I don't recall having to be
6 >> root. I added myself the dial-up group if I recall correctly. It just
7 >> worked for me.
8 >>
9 >> I also don't use sudo here either. ;-)
10 >>
11 > As I mentioned, I also have to copy a new ssmtp.conf. I'm aware of
12 > the -C option for ssmtp, but then I'd have to muck around with mutt when
13 > switching between ADSL and dialup. This way, mutt doesn't care. It
14 > "just works".
15 >
16 >
17
18 Ahhhh, so it's not pon that needs the permissions but another program.
19 That makes sense. Sort of had me confused for a minute.
20
21 Don't worry, I have those minutes a lot. lol They sometimes pass
22 pretty quick but some take a bit longer.
23
24 Dale
25
26 :-) :-)