True, it might not be, however why should I loose features because
I choose to do this? I log in as root because I am often installing,
fiddling, testing, etc with things that most user shouldn't - at the
same time I'm getting my "user" work - e-mail, word processing, etc
done. I DON't want to have to log out and back in again all the
time. I KNOW what risks I am taking - and choosing to take then,
however I'm now faced with a number of nice KDE features being
removed to influence me not to do that.
The warning at the begining should be enough.
Fabrice FACORAT wrote:
>
> Le Jeudi 20 Septembre 2001 03:25, Vincent Meyer scribit :
> > Maybe so - but I hate it. I spend half of my time logged in as root
> > because I WANT to be logged in as root.
>
> why do YOU want to do that ? don't do it !
> You don't NEED to log as root in KDE, and what YOU want may not be the best.
>
> > Loosing a lot of the things
> > I use in KDE in order to keep me from being a user logged in as root
> > is obnoxious.
> >
> > The KDE warning that comes up is plenty.
>
> no, not at all. I see plenty of people logging in KDE as root. grrrrrrrrrrr
> back to win9x if it is for doing such things.
>
NO! Just because I don't choose to use what you consider are safe
or good practices shouldn't force me to go back to Windows!!! Plenty
of people logging into KDE as root isn't the same as plenty of
developers
logging into KDE as root.
> > If this is not a cast in
> > stone policy, I vote we either change it back,
>
> no
>
> > or that there be an
> > option to re-enable the stuff.
>
> maybe, that sounds sensible. but a very hidden option ( for example in
> userdrake as few people have a look at it and as to access root config is
> hide also ).
>
> > > It's a great idea, a good move : KEEP ON IT AND NEVER CHANGE THIS
> > > BEAHAVIOUR. How many times it have to say people don't log as root and
> > > use su or sudo instead. How many times ... even if root is not in the
> > > login screen, they do it. Really great.
>
> --
> Copyleft Faber's prod. 2001
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