On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 05:52:29PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 01/18/07 17:43, Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 17:39 -0600, jie gong wrote: > >> Thanks for the advice. > >> I looked at the files under /root, and found > >> there is a file .xsession-errors has size 4003647488. > >> What is that? Can I delete it? > > > > That tells me you should not be using X as root. > > But Microsoft lets me run *anything* as Administrator!!!! > > Why can't I do the same thing in Stupid Old Linux????? >
This is a fundamental thing about all *NIX OSs. Linux will also _LET_ you do anything as root. That doesn't mean its a good idea. Since you're a newbie, I suggest you read the debian-reference manual. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]