[luau] Re:Screen Resolution in Red Hot?

[Joe Linux]

I have my Red 7.3 drive in now and it doesn't have the permissions problem with
the /home/user, but how do I get the display to go into and lock into 1024 x
768?  The screen definitely doesn't look as good as Drake 8.2.  I'm surprised I
can't find a control panel for the display in Red-hot 7.3

MonMotha wrote:

> They're some very good reasons to bash Mandrake, not linux in general.
>
> After all, Linux is just a kernel, I can make the userspace do wahtever
> I want it to.  Heck I could make it as unusable as Windows!
>
> I agree that's a stupid thing to do on Mandrake's part.  Never, I repeat
> _*NEVER*_ _*EVER*_ automagically add permissions to a user's
> files/directories.  Removing them, possibly (777ing your home is
> probably a mistake and I wouldn't mind TOO much if they "corrected" it
> for me, but granting permissions I took away is WRONG).  Remind me to
> flame Manduck at my earliest convience for that trick (not that I use it
> anyway :)
>
> You might want to consider RedHat or Debian, possibly SuSE.  RedHat
> especially tries to be user friendly, but tends to not be quite as
> automated as Mandrake (though it can get pretty bad, but that's from a
> person who likes to build his own linux installs by hand from source).
> Debian is great if you want a good amount of control over your system
> but don't want to do everythign by hand.  If you're really a control
> freak, then Slackware might be worth a try, but be prepared to do some
> heavy man'ing since it doesn't do much of anything for you.
>
> --MonMotha
>
> Joe Linux wrote:
> > I hardly call it a feature that any user can look at any other user's
> > files.  What kind of security is that?
> >
> > Then it takes a full day to figure out nothing about how to fix it?
> >  Trust me, these are some of the reasons people are very slow to migrate
> > to Linux.
> >
> >
> > Warren Togami wrote:
> >
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Joe Linux" <joelinux at earthlink.net>
> >>To: <luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu>
> >>Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 4:30 AM
> >>Subject: [luau] Unwanted Perrmissions Changes - Drake 8.2
> >>
> >>
> >>>I'm very frustrated.  I want the permissions on my home directory and
> >>>other users home directory to be 770, but the Mandrake Linux  System
> >>>constantly changes the permissions back to 755 on these directories.  Is
> >>>there anyway to stop it from doing this?
> >>>
> >>>Permissions and the lack of control over them are the most annoying
> >>>thing about Linux, and probably a primary reason the entire OS is not
> >>>very popular.
> >>>
> >>
> >>Please don't jump the gun and blame it on Linux.  This sounds to be a
> >>feature, not a bug, of Mandrake's MSEC security module that enforces certain
> >>access controls because it thinks it knows better than the user.  In most
> >>cases it DOES know better than the user, but in your case you must figure
> >>out how to disable it.
> >>
> >>http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php
> >>Please read this page for more details.  The simple fix would be to lower
> >>your msec security level (you can find that in DrakConf).
> >>
> >>Just remember when it comes to most security, security is an inverse curve
> >>to usability.
> >>
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