On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 21:15 -0300, Gabriel wrote: > So you mean that whenever I use Gnome I'm running with root > permissions?
No. When you log in, you're you. It's gdm that runs as root. Do 'ps aux | grep gdm' and look at the username. > That's not possible, I cannot think about a worst security problem > than this. You could boot Winders :-) > Anyway, why when I use KDE it doesn't happen? GDM starts KDE too, so > it should be the same. That's true; it should be. I know very little about KDE. And I'm on a machine right now that claims it can't install KDE (amd64 etch). I can think of a couple things: somebody could drop root, the KDE logout window might just not have that button, and I could be wrong... Bears looking into. -- Glenn English <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
