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Re: KDE and root login



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On 2003-10-28 16:19, Craig Dickson wrote:
> 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.

or with kdesu for a graphical interface
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Cheers, cobaco

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