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Re: allowing root X apps



On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 10:00:16PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Justin R. Miller wrote:
> > What is the best, most secure way to allow root to run X-based apps
> > while I'm logged in as my non-privileged user?
> 
> Not at all.  Such applications are not secure enough to be run as root.
>

What about xcdroast? As far as I remember, root had to run it once and
set it up before users could use it.

/Hans Ekbrand

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