> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-devel-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-devel-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > Rahul Sundaram > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 3:02 AM > To: Development discussions related to Fedora > Subject: Re: F10 and no root login - impossible to maintain systems! > > > Robert Scheck wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Jan 2009, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >> You can at run level 3. You can even start X after that. > > > > Haha, if the machine is a few hundred miles away at the > customer and you > > don't have any longer access? Ever tried to explain a > non-computer user > > being near to the machine how to solve issues via phone if > it's urgent or > > even critical and time to drive the few hundred miles is > not available, > > too? Very clever suggestion, you've made... > > Yes. I have. For a few years actually and in my experience, it has > always been more efficient to instruct people type things in the > terminal rather than login via GDM as root user. For one, the > shell is > pretty consistent, commands don't change often if at all and for > administration, you frequently have to fall back to the > terminal anyway. > > Never once have I felt a real need to tell people to get a > root X login > for any reason at all. I'm going to jump into this flamefest, Can we STOP with the "Mother knows best" menality in Fedora? I have needed to log in as root with X a few times. Stop turning Fedora into a 'Ubuntu'. > > Rahul > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
