On 1 Aug 2008, at 03:25, Walter Bender wrote: > Curious as to what occasions need root access within X Windows? Maybe > the console is enough? > > -walter
I don't think I've used the console in months, nice to know it's there in an emergency, but it was problematic to use for normal admin tasks for two reasons: 1) The keyboard map does not match the machines actual keyboard, so trying to remember US key layout on a Spanish keypad is a nightmare :-) Anyone know any tricks to correct that? 2) Often the olpc related scripts I'd be trying to use would have some hooks into X, and other environment variables. Without a lot of env hacking/guessing they would just bomb out in console. > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Michael Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> One of our present security difficulties is that the Terminal >> activity >> is not isolated. It is de-isolated so that it can serve the dual >> role of >> root terminal and 'general exploration' terminal. Perhaps reviving >> the >> Quake Terminal for the root-terminal role and isolating the Terminal >> activity proper would be a nice way to solve half of our security >> issue? --Gary _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel