On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 12:28:34AM -0500, techlists@techgod.net wrote: > > 'cause you're not supposed to login as root. You're not supposed to > > run a window manager or a desktop or any of that stuff. See 'man su' > > and 'man sudo' for better alternatives. > > So who was the idiot genius that thought that one up. Normally I do login as my user and su when I need to do root stuff. BUT, I still find it usefull to log into root under a GUI every now and then. I don't think it should be upto Gnome to not allow me this. Guy's get a clue...get a consensus before you add something that affects everyone! There is consensus that the risks outweigh the benefits if you log in as root. You seem to be on the opposite side of the consensus ... By the way, your post neglected to inform us who wrote the quoted material you responded to. Your mailer also failed to wrap lines at 72 chars which makes your post difficult to read. Cheers, -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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