[CentOS] running X as root in centos 6

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Wed Jul 27 16:57:51 UTC 2011


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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   Les Mikesell
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