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Eric Kjeldergaard wrote:

>>3) I change resolution for consoles as vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600
>>green. Can I change rate? How to do it?
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>The rate of what?  I'm not exactly sure what you mean by this part.
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Monitor refresh rate would be my guess.

>>Checking setuid files and devices:
>>Checking for uids of 0:
>>root 0
>>toor 0
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>A list of the people of have uid 0: root powers
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And anything markes setuid (specifically setuid root? Not sure). A 
possible security risk in that even nonprivileged users might be able to 
use such a program to act as someone else, most dangerously as someone 
with uid 0. In this case, there are no such files.

>No problem.  Hope I helped.
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Some of this certainly cleared up things for me, I know; even though I 
wasn't the original querent, thanks.

-BB