Op vrijdag 29 juni 2001 14:11, schreef je:
Dear Lists,
This is perhaps slightly off topic, so bear with me. :-)
I am interested to know, how many of you, actually use a non-root account to get work done. Since there is so many risks of constantly using a root account, how in the world are you supposed to get work done without being logged in as root??
what i usually do is the following: i log into KDE as user, do all my normal stuff there (reading mail, writing my thesis, surfing the net, etc.) when i need to do something as root, i can usually do this from the command line, so i simply switch to a console screen, with Ctrl-Alt-F1 (through F6) and log on as root. SuSE provides six of those screens, which i have always found more than enough for what i do. (i usually have emacs running on Alt-F1, and use two or three others for executing commands.) you can switch between them with Alt-F1 through F6, or with Alt + arrow left/right. Alt-F7 gets you back to X. hope this is what you were asking for... :-) joost -- Joost Kremers, M.A. University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands Department of Languages and Cultures of the Middle-East PO Box 9103 6500 HD Nijmegen tel: + 32 24 3612996 fax: + 32 24 3611972 http://joostkremers.nijmegennet.nl ----------------------- a computer virus is a program that: - spreads like wildfire - gets on your computer without you wanting it - can cause unexpected system failures and data loss pray tell, which part of this definition does *not* apply to Windows?