On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Les Mikesell wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> > From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: running X as root in centos 6 > > On 7/27/2011 10:53 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: >> >> I believe that the system is designed to warn you with that message, *every* >> *time* you try to login as root into X. > > Things like that always remind me of seeing 'rough road' warnings on the > highway. Wouldn't it be better to fix the underlying problem if X isn't > suitable for administrative use or make better text mode tools than to > spend the time putting out warning signs? IIRC, SuSE Linux had a desktop background with warning messages and round cannonball type bombs on it, with short fuses that were alight. Maybe trying to tell you something - like you might blow your system up? Kind Regards, Keith Roberts ----------------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] ----------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos