On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 09:47:20PM +0000, Saurav Sarkar wrote: > Hi, > I was using purchased Debian 8.1.0 and wanted to upgrade to some higher > versions after using it for few years. > So I downloaded Debian 10 and found that "root" account do not have full > rights that is "root" user cannot right click on the root's Desktop even > "root" user cannot see the root's Desktop Icons also.
This is probably a user level query and probably not something suitable for the list that goes to the entire Debian Project - follow-ups to the debian-user mailing list perhaps? > I emailed to you but no reply came. > I thought maybe downloaded version have problem. > So now i bought Debian 12.1.0 and found that the problem resists, that is > "root" user cannot right click on the root's Desktop even "root" user cannot > see the root's Desktop Icons also. Various of the desktop environments discourage direct log-in as root because this can cause security problems. In GNOME, there is a setting that you can manually make to allow root login in gdm, but this is not recommended. > In Debian 8.1.0 there is no such problems. With respect, Debian 8.1 is quite a long time ago - security threats (and security practices) may have changed quite a lot and large parts of the Debian codebase have been updated because of security bugs in those years . > So i want to know Why "root" or "administrator" account do not have Full > Rights to their Desktop ? This GUI login as root has been discouraged for a long time but you can find ways to enable it if you wish. > My money gone to HELL. > Bye,Regards,Saurav Sarkar With every good wish, Andy Cater [amaca...@debian.org]
