On 07/27/2017 08:27 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Emmett Culley wrote: >> Did you read anywhere in this thread that there is a need to run a GUI as >> root? Not you didn't. > […] >> Sure, make it impossible to start the GUI as root. > > Actually, I would also consider that a no go, for the same reasons that > banning it for KWrite is a no go: if I as the user decide that I need it, > that's my problem, and the software ought to do what I told it to do. An > example scenario is rescuing a system where the only unprivileged user > account is not working. > > But I agree with the remainder of your message. > > Kevin Kofler Actually, I meant pretty much what you wrote. Make it difficult to start a GUI as root, so that you need to learn something about the system to alter that configuration. For non-noobs, making that change would be just part of setting up a new system. Like removing network manage and setting up network scrips manually for fixed (non-portable) machines. Emmett _______________________________________________ kde mailing list -- kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kde-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
