on Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 03:56:42PM -0900, Ethan Benson (erbenson@alaska.net) wrote: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 04:00:58PM -0800, Chris Majewski wrote: > > Speaking of reasonable defaults, shouldn't this be one? > > -chris > > no users should not run X programs as root. I believe you mean one or more of: Users should not run X programs as root. No users should run X programs as root. In general, I agree. There are specific instances -- the graphical printtool app comes to mind -- in which system configuration utilities are available which _must_ be run as root to be effective. One could argue that this is a flaw of software design, but it's the way it is. My rule of thumb is that I only *very* rarely run an X session as root (usually while troubleshooting X), and run very few X apps as root. None if I can help it. But neither are hard and fast rules. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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