--On Wednesday, July 27, 2011 02:20:48 PM -0500 Les Mikesell
wrote:
> OK, now look at that from the other direction. I'm as concerned about
> the security of my own account as anything else (and in fact there may
> be root ssh keys accessible to my account). If something is not suitable
> to
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Devin Reade wrote:
*snip*
> In the particular case of GUI administrative tools (and depending on
> how they're written), they don't necessarily have to run as root
> even though they ask for root credentials. (For example, they could
> "su - /some/command" to make changes).
On 7/27/2011 1:59 PM, Devin Reade wrote:
>
>>> If you need to get into X as root means that *you* are doing something
>>> *wrong*. It has nothing to do with an "underlying problem".
>>
>> So why do GUI administrative tools exist? Or did you mean window
>> manager or desktop instead of X?
>
> The p
--On Wednesday, July 27, 2011 11:57:51 AM -0500 Les Mikesell
wrote:
> On 7/27/2011 11:45 AM, Marc Deop wrote:
>> If you need to get into X as root means that *you* are doing something
>> *wrong*. It has nothing to do with an "underlying problem".
>
> So why do GUI administrative tools exist? Or
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Les Mikesell wrote:
> To: CentOS mailing list
> From: Les Mikesell
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] running X as root in centos 6
>
> On 7/27/2011 10:53 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
>>
>> I believe that the system is designed to warn you with that message
On 7/27/2011 11:45 AM, Marc Deop wrote:
> On Wednesday 27 July 2011 11:15:32 Les Mikesell wrote:
>> Things like that always remind me of seeing 'rough road' warnings on the
>> highway. Wouldn't it be better to fix the underlying problem if X isn't
>> suitable for administrative use or make better
On Wednesday 27 July 2011 11:15:32 Les Mikesell wrote:
> Things like that always remind me of seeing 'rough road' warnings on the
> highway. Wouldn't it be better to fix the underlying problem if X isn't
> suitable for administrative use or make better text mode tools than to
> spend the time p
On 07/28/2011 12:47 AM, Jerry Geis wrote:
>>
>> Anyway, I'm just being silly above. The gconf key for this is:
>>
>> /apps/gnome-session/options/show_root_warning
>>
> Thats awesome... I new the rest about setting values - I just didnt know
> the name.
> Thanks,
I've become a wizard at finding tho
On 7/27/2011 10:53 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
>
> I believe that the system is designed to warn you with that message, *every*
> *time* you try to login as root into X.
Things like that always remind me of seeing 'rough road' warnings on the
highway. Wouldn't it be better to fix the underlying p
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> What never happens again? The message doesn't appear on subsequent root X
> logins (this is a bug that should be reported), or you subsequently never try
> to login as root again (this is a good idea to be practiced)?
Nah, you get the option of disabl
On Wednesday 27 July 2011 15:39:46 Jerry Geis wrote:
> When I run X as root in centos 6
I guess you've probably already been told that this is a Very Bad Idea, right?
> I get a nice little message that "your currently trying to run as root
> super user" and
> are you sure you want to with a check
>
> Anyway, I'm just being silly above. The gconf key for this is:
>
> /apps/gnome-session/options/show_root_warning
>
Thats awesome... I new the rest about setting values - I just didnt know
the name.
Thanks,
Jerry
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On 07/27/2011 11:39 PM, Jerry Geis wrote:
> I do this for a reason as a post install step, then the system reboots
> and it never happens again...
And so you will never be asked again, it seems.
> I am trying to find how to set this checkbox which says "never ask me
> again" and move on...
But
When I run X as root in centos 6
I get a nice little message that "your currently trying to run as root
super user" and
are you sure you want to with a checkbox.
I do this for a reason as a post install step, then the system reboots
and it never happens again...
I am trying to find how to set t
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