Ben, Thanks. I have taken your advice and I am not using root for my login. Moving Evolution was a pain, but hopefully done now. This does lead me to a question.
When you're doing things on your system where you need to get to files etc, is it just standard practice to su to root to get more permissions, etc? I was also able to find the autostart under .kde. Thanks to all who helped on this. James On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 05:42, Ben Logan wrote: > On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 08:22:46PM -0500, James Pifer wrote: > > Where is the autostart folder? I can't find one. I'm logging in as root, > > should it be under /root? Do I just create it? > > Not sure about your questions since I don't run KDE, but I'm curious: > are you logging in as root all the time, or just for administrative > tasks? > > If you are running as root all the time... > > You may know this already, so please forgive me if you do, but doing > everyday tasks as root is very dangerous. Not only can you > accidentally run/do something you didn't mean to and screw up your > entire system, but you also open your system up to trojans (more > common) and viruses (less common) to a much greater degree than if you > run things as a normal user. > > Access restrictions are one of the great things about *nix IMHO, but > "taking the name root in vain" totally circumvents them. > > Regards, > Ben > > -- > Ben Logan: ben at wblogan dot net > OpenPGP Key KeyID: A1ADD1F0 > > "On a normal ascii line, the only safe condition to detect is a 'BREAK' > - everything else having been assigned functions by Gnu EMACS." > (By Tarl Neustaedter) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
