On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 03:22:33PM +0100, Mertens Bram wrote: > > I agree that some things require a GUI but IMHO not much of these > require root privileges. > > The Oracle installer indeed requires the use of it's GUI. However: > the installation should not be performed as root! One of the first > steps in setting up Oracle (Database or Application Server) require > the configuration of the "oracle" user account. The ORACLE_* > variables are only set correctly for the oracle user. I usually set > up X forwarding to my workstation and launch the GUI locally so we > don't need to setup X on a server. > Right, but you still need the client libraries on the server. Not quite as insecure as the whole X server, but still a concern > As for CrossOver: I fail to see why you would need an Office suite as > root. > The office suite runs unprivileged. It is the configuration tool for the global setting changes that requires root. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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