lorne wrote: > On Wednesday 24 September 2003 08:08 am, Anne Wilson wrote: >> On Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 2:45 pm, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: >> > On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 12:53, Anne Wilson wrote: >> > > > > I am using Gnome as my desktop. >> > > > > The program says I do not own it, so I found file manager >> > > > > super user mode..It did not ask me for my root password, >> > > >> > > <snip> >> > > >> > > James, I'm puzzled why FileManager SUMode didn't ask for the root >> > > password. Would this happen if he hadn't created any users? >> > > Could that be the real problem? It's trying to know what to ask >> > > him that's my problem. >> > > >> > > Anne >> > >> > Anne, >> > File Manager Super User Mode doesn't ask and DOESN'T put you into >> > su mode in Gnome, though it does both in KDE, at least on my 9.1 >> > installation. Dunno why. It's not a question of having logged in as >> > root. I've made a note of this in one of the TWiki entries >> > somewhere. >> > >> > DougB >> >> That's incredible! There isn't much point in it, in that case. I >> wonder if he would be prepared to stick to kde until he has things up >> and running and explore other dms later. I'll suggest it to him. >> > hahah yup. I have another one for you. Make a super duper encrypted file > system with a minimum of 16 characters. So when it is booted or mounted it > requires a password. (naturally) Now, open the control center and go into > mount points and mount the d#@ thing. No password! I was pretty much blown > away by that, but I guess they figure if you are root, you should be able > to mount anything. Kind of defeats the whole purpose in my mind. :) > >> Anne
Looks like another few reasons *not* to use Gnome... I have never liked it anyhow, Looks crap and clunky to use/configure.... -- Alex Fisher OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Community Contact, Australia
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