--- On Sat, 12/6/08, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: root in FC 10 > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 3:59 PM > Tom Horsley wrote: > > On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:10:36 +1030 > > Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Compared to logging in graphically as root leaves > you > >> much more open to security flaws in the graphical > systems doing much > >> more than you were doing. > > > > Ah yes, here it is again - GUIS are horribly flawed > and > > ridden through with security bugs. > > > > If that is really the case, then no one should be > logging into > > any GUI at all for any reason since you'll be > exposing your > > own data to all those security kooties waiting to leap > out > > of the GUIs on them. > > > No - GUIs run as root are not as secure. A bug that would > be caught > when running as a user may not be caught when running as > root. The > more code you have running as root, the greater the chance > of > running into problems. Then again, it is a lot easier to > shoot > yourself in the foot running as root using the GUI. How may > times > have we seen someone on the list that changed permissions, > or > deleted the wrong file, and needs help to get the system > running again. > > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines EEEWWW! save me from making a mistake..PLEASE! Pontius Pilate in the movie "Ben Hur": "we mature through fault, we progress through error" If a newbie screws up his computer, he will learn a lot from having to start over! What would be better: send you to his house to make sure he makes no mistakes! One of the (truly) best guys in the Linux circuit of help has his SELINUX turned off! -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
