Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > > On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Tom Horsley <horsley1953 <at> gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 20 Dec 2013 00:35:45 -0300 > Germán A. Racca wrote: > > Anyway, it is safer to use something like VIM to edit files as root, I > > only tested gedit because I saw your email, but as root I use only VIM > > to edit files :) > This again? Please give a link to the giant list of exploits > that have actually happened because someone ran a GUI program > as root. I keep seeing this warning, yet no one has ever > provided an actual example of any kind of root exploit happening. > > IIRC most comments are about not running the desktop itself as root, rather than specific apps. > > poc > I've found it isn't even something external or malicious. More along the lines of X won't start and one needs to edit xorg.conf (or its predecessors) to fix it using vim or emacs. I've seen people re-install because they couldn't fix X without a GUI editor or broke it worse because they totally jacked up xorg.conf using vi. Cheers, Dave -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
