[aclug-L] Re: LInux sucks

["Michael A. Holmes" <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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From:   John Goerzen [SMTP:jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:   Friday, April 07, 2000 8:40 AM
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Subject:        [aclug-L] Re: LInux sucks

"Michael A. Holmes" <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> After restoring track 0 of the hard drive, with the western digital ez
> drive, I now have linux up and sorta running. My home directory is 
trashed,

Don't use ezdrive :-(

> there but in the scan disk, it said 30% was non contiguous, / directory 
was
> 15% non contiguous.  Several programs crash, kmail in the /home/mike
> directory locks up the computer and a control alt backspace is the only 
way
> to get any control  of the computer back.
>
> LINUX IS ABLE TO BE CRASHED BY EMAIL!!!!!!!!!

> All I did was try out a cad program, and when the time expired the email
> crashed my computer.  The email opened from /mike accessed my root
> authority and crashed the linux operating system.

So you were reading mail as root?  What mail reader were you using?
If you were running as root, *ALL* bets are off.  You should not be
running as root :-)  This is why.

I've stated several times I was logged on as /home/mike  NOT ROOT, and yes 
sucks is a bit strong for the situation, but the main reason for switching 
to linux was security, and something has happened.  You can exchange sucks 
for a less harsh word, but I am still quite displeased!  I read mail with a 
bullet proof feeling, and I know better to even open the internet while as 
root.  ( and I never do! )  The other option is I also use the same 
password for the net at work, but I am not sure anybody there would know my 
password!   I do not use a weird password, as I need to remember it!

Can you send me a copy of the e-mail?  I think it is a bit
presumptious of you to state that "Linux sucks" without providing us
more details.  The behavior you describe does not seem possible given
the security model or mail readers that exist under Linux.

Let me know how to pull just the single email out of the email file that 
kde mail uses.  I still have /home/mike/mail intact.  Kmail will not run as 
any user, it is totally down, I do not know how to reinstall it either.  In 
windoz, I would just remove it and install it again.  I have personal mail 
in my mail file, and do not wish to share it.  Just the offending mail.

Michael

-- John

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