On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 03:47:49PM +0100, Mads Martin J�rgensen wrote: > * Jan Schaumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Feb 19. 2002 15:41]: > > > If you are running as root, and there are remote users logged in, you > > > would kill their sessions! > > > > Why would I be running blackbox as root? Why would I be running *any* > > Windowmanager as root? > > I could imagine that if one wanted to make som GUI setup for servers > etc. that required X one would exactly choose blackbox as the > windowmanager, b/c it's so small and lightweight. The blackbox > homepage mentions it (how a about the new one BTW?) is default on the > now nolongerproduced VA Linux systems.
Yes, but you should still log in as a user and use sudo to launch the gui you need, if you _really_ have to. It's still a bad idea. -- David Terrell | "The Court understands fully why licensing has many Nebcorp Prime Minister | advantages for software publishers. However, this [EMAIL PROTECTED] | preference does not alter the Court's analysis that http://wwn.nebcorp.com/ | the substance of the transaction at issue here is a sale and not a license." - Judge Dean Pregerson, Softman v Adobe.
