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". Regards, Marc Deop