> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Matus UHLAR - > fantomas<uh...@fantomas.sk> wrote: > > On 13.06.09 09:32, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > >> Running 'sudo gnome-terminal' (which is the equivalent) reports > >> 'Failed to contact the GConf daemon; exiting.' How do I fix this? Is > >> it some idiotic "security feature"? (I get really steamed when fear > >> overrides function!) > > > > why do you want to sun gnome-terminal under sudo, instead of running su/sudo > > in gnome terminal?
On 15.06.09 09:36, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > Doing the former allows me to open new tabs as root, doing the latter > (with 'su') requires that I provide my root password every time; using > 'sudo' requires that I provide 'sudo command' every time. It's just a > lot less convenient, but still doable, which is why the security > excuse is BS. It's yet another example of sacrificing function to > fear. Are you fully aware that in such case, only your password will be needed to get full system access instead of requiring root's password? -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uh...@fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. Fucking windows! Bring Bill Gates! (Southpark the movie) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
