also sprach Adam Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.22.0511 +0100]:
> I realise now that I have witnessed this kind of issue before ("In some
> circumstances, it's possible for a non-privileged process to have `root'
> as the login name returned by getlogin.")

okay, and that does it for me. can you try it with exec:

> 1. Log in as root
> 2. exec su - user
     ^^^^
> 3. startx (running KDE, not GNOME)
> 4. Click on the Control Center
> 5. There in the Control Center info box it will state that the user is
> root!

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