James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 09:47, Felix Miata wrote: >> Bill Mullen wrote: >> >>> If he wants to, fine. If someone else wants to tell him how, fine. >>> I was merely trying to get him to examine his thinking, and perhaps >>> come to the realization that he is taking risks of which he may not >>> be aware by doing this, and that there are safer alternative ways >>> to do what he wants done. That seems to me to be a worthwhile >>> effort, and experience that is worth imparting to others whenever >>> possible. >> >> Since the "he" in this thread was me, I must point out I've had far >> more reminders on this subject than I need. Since two or four or >> more mdk versions ago, a root X login produces a red desktop and a >> message inviting you to log out and not run X as root. Between that >> and repeated reminders in list threads I've seen the warning more >> than necessary already. I'm going to do it when it best suits my >> purposes and that's that. If it takes eliminating all users except >> root to do it, I'll do that too. > > And all I am saying is that you should be able to. Please.. I'm not > directing anything at you per se. Oh and BTW had one today. Someone > asked why when they logged into MDK as root the screen went grey. > Turns out this guy (as many are) was red/green color blind. So much > for the warning *grin*. >> >> I do most of my root work in a console, and rarely do X as root >> except right after a new install, mainly for the convenience of the >> GUI config tools when I can't figure out or remember how to do them >> at console. ** You can either type "root" as the user name in KDM, or start your system in console mode as "root" and run "startx". It is inadvisable to do so, as I am sure you have read the warnings, but it is your choice. g'day
Jonathan G. Shilling Senior LAN Administrator
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