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Re: KDE and root login



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On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 08:59:33AM -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:
> Some people obsess.  As I said, I will usually use sudo or kdesu.
> Once in a while, when you need to do a lot of work as root, it is
> simpler to log in to kde as root.  I see absolutely no reason not to
> do that as long as you understand what you're doing.  Anyone who
> says you should "never" log in as root is advocating policy over
> thought.

Sure it is.  QT and GTK haven't been tested to be root-safe.

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