On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:42:18 -0500 Mail Lists wrote: > I administer several 'family' computers using vnc server running on > the root display (n.b. on root display)
Don't do that. Running routinely as root is a very bad idea as you are basically short-circuiting a lot of the security architecture that makes Linux a safe and secure operating system. Use a regular user login and su or sudo as needed to do administration tasks. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com DRY CLEANER BUSINESS FOR SALE ~ http://www.canadadrycleanerforsale.com -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
