On April 4, 2004 05:47 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: > Toshiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm running sid and I can login to root from the console but when I > > try to startx if fails, the same happens with the graphical login > > manager. I don't have any problem using a normal user. > > > > Anybody know what's the problem? > > Problem exists between keyboard and chair. Don't log in as root. Log > in as a normal user, and use su -m to run things as root. Then you're > not running *nearly* as much while running as root, less potential to > screw things up.
Problem exists in condescending replies. It's a perfectly reasonable question and a reasonable concern. How is a user supposed to know that they shouldn't log in as root. My system just refuses to display a graphical desktop if I try to log in as root in kdm. No error message, no explanation equals usability bug. And it is useful to log into KDE as root once in a while. For example a couple weeks ago I installed udev which rendered any terminal emulator in X useless and I couldn't run kdesu to execute graphical applications as root. So there was no (easy) way to execute a graphical application as root without logging in as root which I was prevented from doing with no explanation. The system should display a warning (a very insistant one if necessary) but it shouldn't just wordlessly deny a user to login as root. ~leo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
