Shriramana Sharma wrote:
Fred A. Miller wrote:
Um, thanks, but how does this help me to login graphically as root using KDE?
Why do you want to do something that stupid, and then maybe I'll tell you?!
Will someone please explain WHY logging in graphically to root is stupid, and logging in textually to root is NOT stupid?
Root services are available while as a user, you DON'T need to login as root.
Yeah okay. I loadup Konqueror while logged into my user account. I browse to /etc and right-click fstab and say: "Open using Kate". Presto! Kate opens it but says it's readonly. Konqueror was opened in root mode. Not Kate. And I don't have a KDE Menu Item that says "Open Kate in SU Mode" like I have "Open Konqueror in SU mode" or "Open Konsole in SU Mode".
I don't know that I would say it is stupid, there are occassions when it is nice (like installing a bunch of Oracle software that uses a graphical installer). However, it is dangerous to login as root graphically because logging in takes time graphically and if you log in as one user, it takes time to go to another user. That is one of my biggest complaints about newer versions of windows. There is no easy way to work as administrator except to put yourself in the admin group. Then you have access to what you need when you need it. However, anything that runs as you is running as an admin (like your web browser and email client). I login to my Linux and Unix systems as myself and use su or sux to get root privileges when needed. This seems to make more sense to me as nothing runs without elevated privileges unless I specifically ask for them. Now as to browsing your file system. If you open Konqueror in SU mode, then have it open a file in Kate, that should also be in SU mode. That should eliminate the need for any need for an "Open Kate in SU Mode" menu entry. If windows worked this way, then everyone wouldn't be running as admin and we wouldn't have so many different problems with machines on the internet.