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List: kmail-devel
Subject: Bug#14253: kmail html security bug
From: George Staikos <staikos () kde ! org>
Date: 2000-11-02 17:17:30
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On Wednesday 01 November 2000 13:48, Andreas Pour wrote:
> OK, then can I add a "wishlist" item to this bug report?
>
> Maybe if KMail starts up and detects it's running as root it can pop up
> a dialog and say "It is recommended that you not run this program as
> root. We recommend you forward your mail to another account. To do
> this please select the user name from the list below and select
> "Forward"". And there is a list of usernames from the /etc/passwd file
> and of course the possiblity to add your own. If the user selects this,
> KMail creates the .forward file.
>
> I think this is a great solution and solves the problem that the KDE
> target audience (at least a great part of it) is not going to know what
> a .forward file is.
Even better, only allow root to run if it is compiled with -DALLOW_ROOT.
Otherwise, forcefully not allow it to be run as root. Provide options for
.forward/aliases instead.
--
George Staikos
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