rcrsn51 wrote:Billtoo wrote:I think the problem is that I created a .spot-status file and chose to run some applications as user spot.....Also, once you try running applications that way there is no undoing it.
On my desktop, I have a second icon called "safe browser". It links to this script.
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#!/bin/sh
su -l -c "PATH=$PATH LANG=$LANG DISPLAY=$DISPLAY defaultbrowser" spot
In my case, defaultbrowser points to Firefox. Spot's browser profile is set to use Private Browsing Mode.
So I have two choices - my regular browser and one for the darker corners of the Internet (not that I ever go there).
If I suspect that Spot's browser has been hacked, I can just delete its profile and start again. Nothing is lost and an attack can never go beyond Spot's environment.
I wanted to run xbmc and vlc as user spot as well, that can be done in
Slacko 5.7 by editing the hidden .spot-status file in the root
directory and then running loginmanager in the terminal.
Was Slacko 5.7 built in woof or woof-ce?
I backed up my savefile and xbmc from PPM installed and ran okay,
after installing 3 udev-136 wary pets from the quirky site on ibiblio
I got kdegames in PPM to install and run but not for long, next bootup
the whole works was broken again.
Maybe the 3 wary udev-136 pets wrecked something, or maybe I should
have done a new manual frugal install instead of just a new savefile.
I'm tired of this for now but will start fresh again at some point,
maybe tomorrow.
Thanks