All right, guys: This new thread is a propos issues raised in the "Latest KDE disables graphical login as root?" thread. I think that if there are questions that newbies like me repeatedly ask, the knowledgeable techies around here should save themselves both the trouble of: 1. retyping oft-typed sentences or paragraph (for the patient ones) 2. getting irritated at the naivete of the newbies (for the impatient ones). The solution, use your excellent knowledge to fill up the webserver of www.susewiki.org. As a small step in this direction (and that too from an ignorant rookie like me), I have created an article on the topic of "security issues with logging into X-Windows as root" at: http://www.susewiki.org/index.php?title=SUSE_FAQ#Security_Issues If Wikipedia is such an excellent encyclopaedic trove of the knowledge of the world, why don't you gurus of the SuSE distro-queen (or king) pour your knowledge into www.susewiki.org and make it the biggest repository of SuSE (maybe even Linux) knowledge? Heck, you can beat Micro$oft's "Know-falling-off-the-ledge Base" anytime, seeing as half of M$'s KB is about bugs and security issues and we already have Bugzilla to address that! If a simpleton like me can do it, you people of well developed frontal lobes can certainly do the same. :) I trust this action meets with the approval of all the good people here. -- Shriramana Sharma http://samvit.org