Paul E Condon wrote:
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 06:44:34PM -0500, Albert wrote:
If you run all programs as root then you are risking your system to the
quality of all the code that you play with. Seriously, _don't_ _do_ _it_.
As an alternative that is somewhat more safe and still pretty convenie
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 06:44:34PM -0500, Albert wrote:
> Kent West wrote:
>
> Thanks, Kent. That was a very useful mini-tutorial.
>
> >Concerning logging into Gnome (or any X setup) as root: that's not
> >recommended practice. Generally, you can override this safety setting by
> >tinkering in t
Albert wrote:
> I know logging on as root is not recommended but it's just too big a
> pain in the butt to *not* be root. I've encountered no downside yet.
And I always look down the barrel of my pistol to see if it's loaded;
I've encountered no downside yet.
YMMV ;-)
Glad you found the mini-t
Kent West wrote:
Thanks, Kent. That was a very useful mini-tutorial.
Concerning logging into Gnome (or any X setup) as root: that's not
recommended practice. Generally, you can override this safety setting by
tinkering in the Gnome configuration file (but I'm not sure of the
specifics, as I do
Paul E Condon wrote:
This is just a hint that I hope is helpful:
To keep the Xwindow system from starting during boot up, remove
all the various versions of 'display managar', these are xdm,
kdm, gdm and a few more whose names I do not remember. These are
the programs that start X and give you a
Albert wrote:
> Could someone point me to info on the debian boot and X Window startup
> process? I hate it that I don't get to startx for X and that I cannot
> login to Gnome as root.
* The PowerOnSelfTest (POST)
* The bootloader (grub/lilo/etc)
* The kernel loads
* The kernel probes and sel
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 12:12:31AM -0500, Albert wrote:
> Could someone point me to info on the debian boot and X Window
> startup process? I hate it that I don't get to startx for X and
> that I cannot login to Gnome as root.
>
> I want to use a different window manager than the default, which
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