On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 09:37:52PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 05:20:37PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > > >It's also easier to do root-type things while in X without having to log > > >into X as root or muck about with the Xauthority files. > > > > Which running gdm I don't even know how to do: "sysadmin is not allowed to > > login here" or some such thing. > > And for good reason. Root should never be logged into a GUI. There is > no good reason for this.
There are reasons to do system administration from a GUI, especially if decent GUI applications exist for common tasks. The trouble with doing so, I have heard, is there are features in X that give a program that is talking to a window on an X screen to place input in another window ... this apparently was originally a feature whereby neat GUI things could easily be implemented, but it the other window happens to be a root login, it's a security nightmare. I believe window managers may use this stuff. By the way, I don't know about now, but 15 years ago, the window manager didn't even have to be running on the same magine as either your screen or any of your applications. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
