Bill Mullen wrote: > If he wants to, fine. If someone else wants to tell him how, fine. I was > merely trying to get him to examine his thinking, and perhaps come to the > realization that he is taking risks of which he may not be aware by doing > this, and that there are safer alternative ways to do what he wants done. > That seems to me to be a worthwhile effort, and experience that is worth > imparting to others whenever possible.
Since the "he" in this thread was me, I must point out I've had far more reminders on this subject than I need. Since two or four or more mdk versions ago, a root X login produces a red desktop and a message inviting you to log out and not run X as root. Between that and repeated reminders in list threads I've seen the warning more than necessary already. I'm going to do it when it best suits my purposes and that's that. If it takes eliminating all users except root to do it, I'll do that too. I do most of my root work in a console, and rarely do X as root except right after a new install, mainly for the convenience of the GUI config tools when I can't figure out or remember how to do them at console. -- "A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." Proverbs 29:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/
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