Am Freitag, 3. Oktober 2003 21:46 schrieb vatbier: > Sometimes I log in into KDE as root. When I, being logged in as > root, use Konqueror to surf on the internet, I notice a lot of > timeout errors (trying do to a query search in Mandrakesoft Bugzilla > always timed out). > In KCC:Network:Preferences I saw that timeout settings of 2 seconds > (instead of the default 15,10,20,600 seconds) were saved into > /root/.kde/share/config/kioslaverc > That kioslaverc file for root came out of directory > /usr/share/mdk/kde/root-interface/ . I guess that root-interface > directory is full of KDE settings specifically for root. > Why are those timeout settings set to 2 seconds for root in KDE, for > security reasons or to hinder people at staying too long logged in > as root in KDE? Are there any other of those annoying settings that > prevent easy use of logging in as root into KDE? > And to refresh my memory, why is it a bad idea to login as root in > KDE? These days I do a lot of root changes,it's easier for me to > stay for a while in KDE as root than to type my root password > everytime I want to do some root job as a regular user. > > vatbier
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