[opensuse] 10.3, amarok and MP3's
I am trying to install Amarok from the Packman site but it is complaining about some dependencies it cannot find: libartsgui & flaac. Does anybody know which rpm packages I need and where they are? Thanks Phil -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Use One-klick on http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats/10.3 ;-) /Anders On Monday 15 October 2007, Phil Burness wrote:
I am trying to install Amarok from the Packman site but it is complaining about some dependencies it cannot find: libartsgui & flaac.
Does anybody know which rpm packages I need and where they are?
Thanks Phil
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On 10/15/2007 05:03 PM, Anders Damm wrote:
Use One-klick on http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats/10.3 ;-)
What is up with the link http://opensuse-community.org/codecs-kde.ymp. I clicked on it, which then asked me which app should open it, and yast was preselected. It then actually launched a Yast module I had not seen before to add repositories I had already added, but WITHOUT prompting for root's password. I am using Firefox. That sounds like a security problem big time. How could any user gain root's access via a link in a browser, or what exactly is that ymp file? -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.3 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 15 October 2007 11:11:49 Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
On 10/15/2007 05:03 PM, Anders Damm wrote:
Use One-klick on http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats/10.3 ;-)
What is up with the link http://opensuse-community.org/codecs-kde.ymp. I clicked on it, which then asked me which app should open it, and yast was preselected. It then actually launched a Yast module I had not seen before to add repositories I had already added, but WITHOUT prompting for root's password. I am using Firefox. That sounds like a security problem big time. How could any user gain root's access via a link in a browser, or what exactly is that ymp file?
-- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.3 x86_64
I am using konqueror and got the same installation window without a root password prompt. Phil -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Yes, but you have to type the root password before the actual installation takes place. It's relay a bit confusing and looks strange! /Anders On Monday 15 October 2007, Phil Burness wrote:
On Monday 15 October 2007 11:11:49 Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
On 10/15/2007 05:03 PM, Anders Damm wrote:
Use One-klick on http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats/10.3 ;-)
What is up with the link http://opensuse-community.org/codecs-kde.ymp. I clicked on it, which then asked me which app should open it, and yast was preselected. It then actually launched a Yast module I had not seen before to add repositories I had already added, but WITHOUT prompting for root's password. I am using Firefox. That sounds like a security problem big time. How could any user gain root's access via a link in a browser, or what exactly is that ymp file?
-- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.3 x86_64
I am using konqueror and got the same installation window without a root password prompt.
Phil
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On 10/15/2007 08:08 PM, Anders Damm wrote:
Yes, but you have to type the root password before the actual installation takes place. It's relay a bit confusing and looks strange!
I guess I should just try and see, but since the first screen said something about adding repositories and or deleting these afterwards, does this also later prompt for a root password before it actually does anything? I double checked and yast was running as my user, not root, so I guess this was my own confusion and paranoia, and not a security hole. Sorry for the false alarm. -- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.3 x86_64 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 15 October 2007 14:14:14 Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
On 10/15/2007 08:08 PM, Anders Damm wrote:
Yes, but you have to type the root password before the actual installation takes place. It's relay a bit confusing and looks strange!
I guess I should just try and see, but since the first screen said something about adding repositories and or deleting these afterwards, does this also later prompt for a root password before it actually does anything? I double checked and yast was running as my user, not root, so I guess this was my own confusion and paranoia, and not a security hole. Sorry for the false alarm.
-- Joe Morris Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.3 x86_64
I carried on and was not asked at any point for a root password and I was not running as root. Phil -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 15/10/2007, Phil Burness
I carried on and was not asked at any point for a root password and I was not running as root.
The installation cannot occur without sufficient privileges. Either you didn't continue far enough, or you must have been running the browser as root, or it would have failed. -- Benjamin Weber -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Phil Burness wrote:
I carried on and was not asked at any point for a root password and I was not running as root.
Had you run sudo previously? If so, sudo powers last for some period before you're prompted for a password again. That would cause the behaviour you describe. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 15/10/2007, Joe Morris (NTM)
On 10/15/2007 08:08 PM, Anders Damm wrote:
Yes, but you have to type the root password before the actual installation takes place. It's relay a bit confusing and looks strange!
I guess I should just try and see, but since the first screen said something about adding repositories and or deleting these afterwards, does this also later prompt for a root password before it actually does anything? I double checked and yast was running as my user, not root, so I guess this was my own confusion and paranoia, and not a security hole. Sorry for the false alarm.
It is necessary to display what will be done to the user prior to requesting root privileges. If root password were asked for immediately then you are passing arbitrary input that the user has not been able to review, straight to a process running as root. This way it's less likely that something malicious could damage the system without the user noticing. -- Benjamin Weber -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 18:11 +0800, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote:
On 10/15/2007 05:03 PM, Anders Damm wrote:
Use One-klick on http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats/10.3 ;-)
What is up with the link http://opensuse-community.org/codecs-kde.ymp. I clicked on it, which then asked me which app should open it, and yast was preselected. It then actually launched a Yast module I had not seen before to add repositories I had already added, but WITHOUT prompting for root's password. I am using Firefox. That sounds like a security problem big time. How could any user gain root's access via a link in a browser, or what exactly is that ymp file?
Odd it asked me for the root password. Are you sure it wasn't buried on the screen somewhere? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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