On 04/15/2010 01:52 PM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: > On 04/15/2010 08:24 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 7:21 AM,<hewjr1000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> How do I make myself root in the GUI >> >> Running a root GUI login is very much frowned upon. What exactly are >> you trying to accomplish? The system-config* tools will prompt for >> root authentication if necessary or you can su (or sudo) to root in a >> terminal session or login as root in a virtual terminal. > > One scenario is when the normal users are all defined over nis/nfs, and > the network is down, but you need to log in to fix things... > > To fix things in a scenario like that, I boot into runlevel 3 (by > temporarily appending "3" to the end of the kernel line in grub), login > as root, and run "startx" to get a gui session for root. > > - Mike I just run the required GUI application as a root user. It's a trivial matter to create a desktop short cut that will run as a root user. IMHO this is a better option, as it is inherently more secure. But then I prefer to restrict root user access to only those applications that need it. So I think the Fedora team are right to not have a GUI root login. This is my preference and in no way is it a criticism of any choice of solution others may decide to adopt. JB -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
