On April 5, 2004 05:45 am, John Hasler wrote: > Leo Spalteholz writes: > > So there was no (easy) way to execute a graphical application as > > root... > > There is no good reason to do so and good reason not to do so.
Uh.. What are you talking about? Lots of graphical applications need to be executed as root. Please read my post again. I gave a specific example where logging into KDE as root would have helped me a lot. (Basically, a udev bug which prevented me from using a terminal emulator or kdesu/gtksu from a user account.) > > > ...I was prevented from doing with no explanation. > > A bug. An explanation should be provided. Hence the original poster's confusion. ~leo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]