[CentOS] running X as root in centos 6

[Keith Roberts]

On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Les Mikesell wrote:

> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>
> 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, *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 problem if X isn't
> suitable for administrative use or make better text mode tools than to
> spend the time putting out warning signs?

IIRC, SuSE Linux had a desktop background with warning 
messages and round cannonball type bombs on it, with short 
fuses that were alight. Maybe trying to tell you something - 
like you might blow your system up?

Kind Regards,

Keith Roberts

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