elm_browser initial release

Michael Smith openmoko at netapps.com.au
Sun Feb 14 05:55:52 CET 2010


On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:26:02 -0800 (PST)
c_c <cchandel at yahoo.com> wrote:

>   An external wget process makes sense. I'll try that. Does the /home/root/
> directory work - or should I create a Downloads directory (under /home/root)
> and download the files there?

Sorry for butting in and changing the subject here but I think it is really bad for security that the whole openmoko userland, including web browsers, runs as root. I think it would be a good idea to consider running web browsers as a different user, possibly by launching them with su -c
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