Re: Safe File Manager to run as root ?

["Hall Stevenson" <hallstevenson@mindspring.com>]

> Is there such thing as a GUI File Manager that any
> security and safety consious Debian users would
> use, as ROOT, to manage a file system (i.e. move,
> copy, change permissions) ?? Is it just a better
> practice to use CLI w/ suid to make those kind of
> changes.

If you're referring to gmc's pop-up warning box (do other file
managers do it also ??), I wouldn't worry about it. You can do
as much, if not more, damage at the command line as you can do
with a GUI file manager...

Actually, in what way is gmc more "dangerous" than mc ??
Starting up mc as root provokes no similar warning.

I would continue to use whichever you're already running. gmc,
for instance, has options to confirm many operations. If you
really want to be cautious, turn them all on.

Regards
Hall