On 11/4/2009 11:09 AM, Richard Ryniker wrote: > Is this properly a Fedora or an upstream issue? > > If the KDE/Konqueror code upstream contains prejudice against operation > as root, then Fedora has no finger in this pie: it simply packaged the > code. The "allow/disallow root" argument belongs upstream; it is not > a Fedora issue. > > If Fedora has modified the upstream code to create this aversion to run > as root, then there are two questions: > > 1. Is it approprate to do this? This thread already contains enough > comments to strongly suggest there will be no concensus about this. > > 2. Has this been done in a thoughtful way? It may be an appropriate > default setting (avoids risks Fedora thinks users may not expect or > understand), but it should be possible to modify this default so root > operation of Konqueror is possible. > > If one builds Konqueror from upstream source, does it balk when invoked > as root? If it does, argue upstream. If it does not, look further into > what Fedora has done, but you now have a Konqueror you can use as root. Take a deep breath friend. :-) The 'no root GUI login' is from GDM and is a GNOME upstream setting/default. Konqueror, as provided by Fedora, can be run by the root user. -- David
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