Re: How to suppress the annoying warning message for gmc??

[Daniel Lyddy <daniell cs berkeley edu>]

> On 17-Aug-00 Tom Gilbert wrote:
> > The "su" command is for logging in as root... Why do you need to run X
> > and gmc and all the gnome applications as root though?

Because I *want* to.  And I am the master of my machine, not the other
way around.  I've made an informed decision based on my appraisal of the
potential risks and rewards, and I don't need to be second-guessed by my
OS or its applications.

> > It's a shame if that warning is now disableable... If I had written that
> > code, it would've shown the message then quit if UID==0 ;-)

This cavalier I'm-the-developer-and-I-know-better-than-my-users attitude
has no place in the Open Source movement.  If this is really how you
feel, I strongly suggest you move to Redmond and take a job from Mister
Bill.

Dan
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