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Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password

From David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password
Date 2018-05-15 19:00 +0200
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On Tue 15 May 2018 at 06:20:17 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 05/14/2018 07:40 PM, David Wright wrote:
> >On Mon 14 May 2018 at 08:01:05 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
> >
> >>Only 1 of the four machines within arm's reach are physically
> >>capable of connecting to the internet. Is there a way to block
> >>internet access for members of one group - similar to how "dialout"
> >>might have been used when connectivity was a 56k modem?
> >
> >AFAIK group dialout gives you access to the serial ports with their
> >modems, and dip gives you access to ppp's configuration files. These
> >enable you to configure and instigate connections,
> 
> Was there a companion tool do a forced disconnect?

The same group could stop links as well as start them. But the easy
way with a modem is for ANOther to just switch it off.

[…]

> >OTOH it's easy to voluntarily block some browsers from being able
> >to make non-local connections, eg:   lynx -localhost
> 
> I've not seen anything useful in that vein with SeaMonkey.
> It defaults to giving web access with an option to later view only
> local files.

You could look for ideas in pages like
https://www.ghacks.net/2012/02/15/how-to-turn-chrome-or-firefox-into-a-single-site-browser/
where your site would be localhost.

Cheers,
David.

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Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-13 15:40 +0200
  Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password "tv.debian@googlemail.com" <tv.debian@googlemail.com> - 2018-05-13 16:20 +0200
    Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-13 21:50 +0200
      Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-05-14 10:00 +0200
        Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-05-14 10:50 +0200
        Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-14 15:10 +0200
          Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-05-15 02:50 +0200
            Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-15 13:30 +0200
              Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-05-15 14:50 +0200
                Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-15 16:10 +0200
              Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-05-15 19:00 +0200
                Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2018-05-15 20:30 +0200
                Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-05-16 11:30 +0200
        Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password "John Crawley (johnraff)" <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2018-05-15 07:50 +0200
          Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-15 15:30 +0200
            Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2018-05-16 07:40 +0200
              Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-16 09:50 +0200
  Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-05-13 16:20 +0200
    Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-13 21:50 +0200
      Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-05-14 03:30 +0200
      Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-05-14 08:00 +0200
        Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-05-14 09:00 +0200
  Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-13 16:30 +0200
    Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-13 22:00 +0200
      Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2018-05-13 22:20 +0200
      Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-05-14 09:20 +0200
        Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-05-14 15:40 +0200
  Re: Running GParted and Synaptic without entering password Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-05-14 01:10 +0200

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