On 5/29/24 18:37, J Leslie Turriff via tde-users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes. I've never seen that problem on openSUSE, and since I started using it > (at version 6, IIRC), there has never been a restriction about using root in > a GUI or a non-root terminal session, or invoking e.g. YaST2 GUI from a > non-root session. KDE (and TDE too) have the feature built into the menu > editor to designate that an application should be run by a different user; if > Run as a different user is checked and no Username is filled in, root is > assumed. No more "set xhost + localhost"? dep Pictures: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/depscribe/album Column: https://ofb.biz/author/dep/ -------- Original Message -------- On 5/29/24 18:37, J Leslie Turriff via tde-users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wednesday 29 May 2024 06:30:05 E. Liddell via tde-users wrote: > > On Wed, 29 May 2024 09:12:38 +0200 > > > > "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via tde-users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Anno domini 2024 Wed, 29 May 08:30:20 +0200 > > > > > > Thierry de Coulon via tde-users scripsit: > > > > > > if you want to find out whether anything bad will happen by running > > > > > > Konqueror as root, then we will save you the time and trouble, and > > > > > > say, yes, sooner or later, bad things happen. > > > > > > > > I always find this sort of declaration a little exagerated, and funnily > > > > no one ever seems to answer: "why?" > > > > > > Easiest scenario: Some programs use $USER to find their config file > > > location. You run that program as root. Now you have a problem that you > > > don't know about. > > > > I've never had an issue of that sort even once in ~20 years with KDE3 and > > TDE, and I invoke enough GUI programs through su sessions that if it were > > going to happen I would have expected to see it by now. Root's > > configuration always saves under /root as intended, without polluting my > > regular user, and the software has no trouble figuring out which config to > > use. And yet other people on this list do seem to have such issues, which > > leads me to believe it relates to something in the setup of > > Debian-descended distros. Or it's specific to one or two pieces of TDE > > that I don't use. > > > > E. Liddell > > Yes. I've never seen that problem on openSUSE, and since I started using it > (at version 6, IIRC), there has never been a restriction about using root in > a GUI or a non-root terminal session, or invoking e.g. YaST2 GUI from a > non-root session. KDE (and TDE too) have the feature built into the menu > editor to designate that an application should be run by a different user; if > Run as a different user is checked and no Username is filled in, root is > assumed. (See attached.) > > Leslie > -- > Platform: Linux > Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.5 - x86_64 > Desktop Environment: Trinity > Qt: 3.5.0 > TDE: R14.1.2 > tde-config: 1.0 > ____________________________________________________ > tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
