Re: Newbie wants Firefox and Tbird

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Ron Johnson wrote:

>On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:29:09 +1200
>Joel Peter William Pitt <joel.pitt@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>On 9/26/05, Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
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>>>Steve Lamb wrote:
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>>2. Not logging into X as root is another benefit. Running a
>>single X
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>>>client/app as root is different than running all of X as
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>>You can run su within a terminal in X, no one mentioned
>>anything about running X as root. That's an aside from
>>whether to use su or sudo for admin.
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>Amen, brother.  Administration in an xterm using 
>"su -" is, to maintain the metaphor, sinfully easy.
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And when you need to run an X app? Ah, gotta muck around with Xauthority
files now.

And when you've got several xterms open, and only one of which is logged
in as root, and you're switching back and forth and forget which one
you're in when you type that "rm -rf" command? Sure, you can change your
root prompt to be red and flashing, to help avoid this, but I'd prefer
to intentionally do the extra step of typing sudo to prevent this sort
of mishap.

-- 
Kent