On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Paul Johnson <baloo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On Monday 24 March 2008 03:47:59 am Timeout wrote: > > > Can't you simply start by not allowing uncontrolled connexions to the > > Internet (like adding an offline-modus in winecfg instead on blocking the > > root)? > > What reason would one EVER need to run end-user software as root in the first > place? Wine or not, that's just terrible practice. Some wine functions require root access, ICMP ping for instance. However, in practice, these are few and far between and those users that need these functions can work around this by using the aforementioned methods. The vast majority of users have NO reason to run wine as root.
