[plug] Mandrake & Printing

[Bret Busby]

Christian wrote:
> 
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> If, like most distributions, Mandrake installs countless unneeded
> servers and, like most distributions, includes the obligatory couple of
> remote vulnerabilities that have been discovered and patched since the
> last release then tightening up file permissions seems like a complete
> waste of time.  (Question for some home users, new to Linux: are you
> running a recent version of BIND with a remote root exploit?  You might
> be without having any idea that your you-beaut, user-friendly
> distribution helpfully installed the DNS server software for you...)

>From a Linux user who probably has the level of knowledge mentioned, "Eh, wot?"

You lost me after the words "a recent version of".

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Bret Busby

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