> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-devel-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-devel-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom "spot" Callaway > Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 10:30 PM > To: Development discussions related to Fedora > Subject: Re: This session is running as a privileged user box? > > On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 21:58 -0600, Jerry Williams wrote: > > I am the only user most of the time on the box and I know that you > > should login as a normal user most of the time. > > No, really, what you should do is login as a normal user _all_ of the > time, and use sudo or su to take root access only when you really need > it. Hmm, I guess I need to think about why I am trying to do things by logging in as root. The first reason is that another account wasn't set up. The other reason, that looks like it isn't an issue, was I wanted to run some of the GUI tools as root, but it looks like they just ask for the root password when run as a normal person, if they need root. But then why does root's GUI profile have things like a browser or games or stuff like that? Stuff you should never run as root? I did attend a desktop security presentation at the Summit and it seemed pretty good to try and fix some of these things, as far as letting a user change things like timezone without needing the root password. > > What you're doing is analogous to using a loaded shotgun as a golf club, > and what you're suggesting is that we take the safety off, because it > interferes with your golf game. > > ~spot So shouldn't we be removing some of the lead from the shells if we can? Like not putting a browser in roots GUI? I am thinking the biggest reason I login as root is pretty much habit. And that is now sounding like that is a bad habit, that I should try and break. So I am going to try and not login as root any more and see what issues I run into. Thanks! Jerry Williams -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
