> On 2022-10-05 at 10:48, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > >> On Wed, Oct 05, 2022 at 10:30:37AM +0100, > >> debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > > >>> Yes, I am running a GUI as root. It won't run as normal user. > >> > >> You seem to have missed the implied criticism and/or incredulity. > >> Hint: look at the double question mark. > > > > Sorry, must have missed the memo that made an apparently-typo-ed > > double question mark into an emoticon. > > It's not an emoticon. There is a convention, which if I'm not mistaken > goes back decades and originates well before emoticons (and perhaps > even *icons* in anything like the modern sense) were ever a thing, > that "??" indicates not just a question but one asked with an air of > incredulity.
I still missed the memo. So I didn't miss something I didn't know, and can't find any evidence for. > >> Switching to ssh -X root@ with a pubkey would actually *improve* > >> your security, not that you really need a lot of security on your > >> home LAN. > >> on a widescreen, placing them on the side, as wm2 and wmx do, > >> would save valuable vertical pixels. Of course that still leaves > >> you running GUI admin programs as root, which is something you'll > >> have to wean yourself from at your own pace. > > > > Perhaps you could explain why the debian manpage specifically says > > it must be run as root then? > > What is "it" here? That is, what is the specific program to whose man > page you're referring? (Identifying the exact man page would probably > be best, for that purpose.) Perhaps you should read the thread since I already posted its invocation.
