On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 12:21 +0000, hewjr1000@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > How do I make myself root in the GUI If you have to ask that, we have to ask are you ready to do that? Any SysAdmin who knows what they're doing would be reticent to do that, or to recommend doing that, would strongly advise not doing that, and should be competent enough to research how to do it without asking for help. In all seriousness, I would never make any suggestion to the incompetent (general comment to all, not specifically aimed at you) to run as root unless they absolutely have to (which they usually don't). The damage you can do to yourself is bad enough, but the damage you can do to others is really annoying. e.g. All the junk mail, and other internet crap, we all have to put up with that is spewed out from owned boxes. Most of that stuff doesn't come from some spammer using their own computer, it comes from masses of other computers that they've hijacked, one way or another. Don't make it easy for them. Learn FIRST the principle of least privilege. The more people who adhere to that principle, the better it is for EVERYONE else. There are a few people who will advocate "use root, don't give a damn about any criticism about it." Personally, I think they're twits, and some (*) of them are evil. I regard those who evangelise dropping your defences with suspicion, not just scepticism. * They're actively trying to get other people to set up computers in a way that they can take advantage of. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- 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
