Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives
On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Ralf Mardorf
<ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> Don't run a X session as root, this is a security risk.
>
> Yes, using a terminal emulation is correct, but
>
>> 1 | su root
>> 2 | gedit
>
> isn't ok.
>
> You can, but you don't need to add "root", but if you'll launch GUI
> stuff like Gedit, you often must use "su -".
>
> So correct is
>
> su -
> gedit
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> usually in mails written like this
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> $ su -
> # gedit
>
> alternatively you can run one command
>
> su -c gedit
>
>> I went to Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal (I assume this is
>> how to open a terminal)
>
> For example, you also could push the shortcut
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> Ctrl + F2 (IOW hit the Ctrl-key and the F2-key simultaneously)
>
> to launch an app or add a launcher to a panel or the desktop.
Ok Ralf, I will try your suggestions. As soon as I figure how to
configure my system to log-in as root?
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