On 05/07/10 17:45, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Monday 05 July 2010 09:39:50 Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> On Mon, 5 Jul 2010 05:12:44 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: >> >>> The point is that if you always start with a text login, it's easy to >>> log in and fix whatever keeps X/KDE from working. That's why I gave >>> up on graphical logins about 15 years ago. >>> >> You must have a lot of X problems to make it worth the hassle of the extra >> steps each you boot up. What's wrong with dropping back to a text login >> on the odd occasions that X or the DE fails to start? >> > And what about this security risk: > > 1. lock screen > 2. go away somewhere > 3. ivan the russian spammer walks by, presses ctrl-alt-f1 > 4. ivan the russian spammer presses ctrl-c > 5. ivan the russian spammer is now *you* > 6. god help you if you ran sudo in the last 5 minutes > Holy crap, thanks for that info, Alan. I never heard of that before when looking into console vs. GUI login. I'll have to re-think my reasons for sticking with a console login now...
Jake Moe
