Re: [gentoo-user] Adobe Photoshop 7.0 On Wine Users.

[Charles Pittman]

On Apr 12, 2005 6:58 AM, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Florian Idelberger wrote:

> Normally it should be quite possible to just su into root in a
> terminal and then start all the gui programs you want from there as
> root. And if you're concerned about security in som way you really
> should do so. Just a recommendation.
>
> On Apr 12, 2005 9:27 AM, *Andy* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
>     Aractor wrote:
>
>     > Why would you usually only use root?
>     > Just use the Andy account and SU if you ever need something
>     under the
>     > root account...
>     >
>     > On Apr 12, 2005 12:05 AM, *Andy* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>     > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     I installed Adobe photoshop using wine on an account called
>     "andy". I
>     >     know wine doesn't work well when used in root but I usually
>     only use
>     >     root so I was wondering if there is a way to open my
>     Photoshop 7.0
>     >     using
>     >     root with Wine.
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>     Mainly because Its all setup now And Im a newbie at gentoo and I
>     like to
>     use the GUI to do my root stuff not terminal
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So Ill assume what I am askign for is not possible?
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What you are asking for is possible doing what Florian suggested... just not recommended because you're more likely to completely hose your entire system (as opposed to just one portion of it.)