[MPlayer-users] connection refused

The Wanderer inverseparadox at comcast.net
Thu Sep 20 12:55:17 CEST 2007


Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> <yyang <at> commscope.com> writes:
> 
>> [root <at> workstation ~]# mplayer rtsp://server/potty.mpg
> 
> I agree with Ross: It really isn't necessary to be root to do these
> tests.

 From what 'yyang' says, he never logs in as anything other than root.

This is of course an immense security risk, but if that's his choice
then that's his choice.

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       The Wanderer

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side of it.

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