Derek Broughton wrote: > Still, knowing that you shouldn't use root when you don't need it, and never > logging on to KDE as root, are entirely different things. No, they aren't. There is no need whatsoever to ever log on to KDE as root. Those parts of the KDE Control Center that require root privileges will prompt for the root password as needed; any other root programs can be started under su or sudo in a Konsole window. Craig