Re: GNOME root's logins (looking for feeback)

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 02/20/2011 10:45 AM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:31:12 -0500, Tom H wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Camaleón wrote:
> > > I wonder what is the point of forbidding root's GUI logins from GDM
> > > greeter while this can be easily by-passed without editing any
> > > configuration file?
> >
> > Do you mean through the GDM Greeter or by bypassing it with startx?
>
> With "startx".
>
> AFAIK, GDM greeter requires file edition to allow root's logins, but
> that's also possible.
>
> So, what (and how) we (or GNOME's policy) want to protect with the
> current behaviour? It sounds like "security through obscurity" which
> makes no good to anyone.

A car analogy: speed bumps don't *stop* you from speeding, but they
make it more inconvenient.

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