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 text mode tools than to
>> spend the time putting out warning signs?
>
> 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?
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