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"der.hans" wrote:
>
> Am 04. Jul, 2002 schwätzte John (EBo) David so:
>
> > I vehemently oppose java enabled web interfaces to just about anything.
> > Oh sure it is nice to offload much of the processing from the server to
> > the users computer, but I still do not trust it... Sure I may trust you
> > guys, but I've had problems by turning java* on when I *had to*, then
> > forgetting that java and cookies were turned on went a-browsing... No,
> > I keep it turned off as a rule and do not do business with companies
> > which require it to be turned on (companies that give you a choice are
> > another matter).
>
> Create another user and use sudo to start a browser as that user that allows
> cookies. I have two sites that require cookies. One is the PLUG mailing list
> management interface. Those are handled as the other user.

That is how I typicall handle it with the exception of sudo (I just
create pop up another xterm, and do every thing from there...) but I
still avoid it whenever possible and avoid such sites...

EBo --