Agreed...thanks!! ----- Original Message ----- From: Cliff Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 4:47 PM Subject: Re: desktop
> On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 13:33, John Salamone wrote: > > When I log on as myself instead of root the icons my home, start here, and > > trash ARE there but not as root. > > The point is that you should *never* run X as root. Always log in as > yourself and use "su -" in an xterm if you need to do administrative > tasks. > > FWIW, I'm not suggesting that your current problem is the result of this > (I've had GNOME get messed up plenty of times by powering off or > ctrl-alt-backspacing out of X). I am suggesting that you put your > system at risk by running a GUI as root. > > > Regards, > > -- > Cliff Wells, Software Engineer > Logiplex Corporation (www.logiplex.net) > (503) 978-6726 (800) 735-0555 > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
