[Mepis] Program starts immediatly from repository download.

[patriot56]

Greetings Forum. I am posting here because of the potential security issue.

I suppose this thread could have been opened in the Gaming & Leisure area but because of its potential as a security threat I posted in here.
Please move to a more appropriate location as you deem necessary.

My issue is that I downloaded Freevo, a Home Theater Server program, from the repositories (Mepis) and the application starts immediately after downloading and won't allow itself to be closed until the user has input some video server type, information.

I'm using Mepis 11 (I know it's not Ubuntu, that's on the other partition).

Does anyone know if this is just an odd way for an application to introduce itself or is this a potential threat to be taken serious? The fact that it opens immediately after downloading, --giving it root access-- and that it will not allow itself to be closed until the user has interacted with the program, has me more that just a little concerned.

Forgive my paranoia. I know Linux is safe. But the user.....well, that can be something of a topic in itself, can't it.

Thank you for any help you can provide.

Kind regards.

Patriot56

[oldos2er]

Moved to Other Operating Systems & Projects.

[patriot56]

Thanks oldos2er.

Sorry 'bout that. I reall wasn't sure where to put this thread.

Thanks for the move.

Cheers
Patriot56

[oldos2er]

Well, the best place to post would be in Mepis' own forums. We're purely Ubuntu support here, but we do have this one section where folks can ask about other distros.