On 12/20/2013 06:20 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Tom Horsley <horsley1...@gmail.com <mailto:horsley1...@gmail.com>> wrote:On Fri, 20 Dec 2013 00:35:45 -0300 Germán A. Racca wrote: > Anyway, it is safer to use something like VIM to edit files as root, I > only tested gedit because I saw your email, but as root I use only VIM > to edit files :) This again? Please give a link to the giant list of exploits that have actually happened because someone ran a GUI program as root. I keep seeing this warning, yet no one has ever provided an actual example of any kind of root exploit happening.IIRC most comments are about not running the desktop itself as root, rather than specific apps.
You mean like lowering inittab to 3, logging in as root, then running startx so you can get the full root gui experience?
:)
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