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From: nvp@shore.net (Nathan V. Patwardhan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: I hosed Netscape!  Argh
Date: 17 Feb 1997 05:05:06 GMT
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H. Eckert (ripley@nostromo.in-berlin.de) wrote:

: I haven't heard that until now but I consider netscape too dangerous
: to be run from root anyway.

Well, I cleared that problem up, and have decided to wrap Netscape so
this won't happen again.

Thanks a bunch for you input.

--
Nathan V. Patwardhan
nvp@shore.net
"Outshined outshined outshined!"
	--Chris Cornell from Soundgarden