[maemo-users] Missing OS2008 cmdline apps (was Re: how to install OS2007?)

From: James Knott james.knott at rogers.com
Date: Sun Dec 30 17:09:57 EET 2007
hendrik at topoi.pooq.com wrote:
>> Ping is there, but you have to be root to use it.
>>     
>
> That's bizarre.  What security implications are there in ping that would 
> mean it has to be run only by root?  Forcing people to use root when not 
> necessary is itself a security problem.
>
>   

I have no idea, but I've come across a few things in the N800 that cause
me to question someone's decisions.

-- 
Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org>

More information about the maemo-users mailing list