From kde-usability Sun Oct 14 12:37:51 2007 From: "Robert Knight" Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:37:51 +0000 To: kde-usability Subject: Re: Name of Control Center in KDE 4 Message-Id: <13ed09c00710140537v4a19d8a7p465d76c30250ddc5 () mail ! gmail ! com> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-usability&m=119236552305221 > I have never run a whole KDE session as root. Indeed. I think I recall an old version of Mandriva which started a special KDE session with a bright red background that had a large bomb on it if you tried to do this. This was supported by a message box which warned about dire risks should you do any network-related activity whilst logged on as root. Regards, Robert. On 14/10/2007, Frederik Schwarzer wrote: > James Richard Tyrer wrote: > > > Hannes Kuhnert wrote: > > > James Richard Tyrer schrieb: > > >> if > > >> you log into KDE as root, > > > > > > You should never do so. > > > > Are you saying that I should never do any system administration? > > > > It is necessary to login as root to install software! > > I have never run a whole KDE session as root. It is not necessary since every > package tool asks for the root password before installing software. > > regards > > -- > Please consider the environment - do you really need to print this email? > _______________________________________________ > kde-usability mailing list > kde-usability@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability > _______________________________________________ kde-usability mailing list kde-usability@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-usability