Re: How do I stop gmc from starting when logging in as root

["Ben FrantzDale" <bfrantzdale thuban ac hmc edu>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Kistler <mkistler@io.com>
To: <gnome-list@gnome.org>
Cc: <mkistler@io.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 7:10 PM
Subject: How do I stop gmc from starting when logging in as root


> Hello!
>
> I would like to stop gmc (the gnome file manager) from starting up
> whenever
> I log in as root.  I don't use gmc very often, and it displays this
> annoying error
> message about running it as root.  I know this question has been asked
> many
> times before, but the only answer I've seen is to "save the current
> session" without
> gmc running.  On my system (RH 6.2), this doesn't stop gmc from starting
> ... it
> just makes sure to kill it once it has forced me to click "okay" on its
> error message.
>
> Many thanks in advance for any help or advice on this.
>
> Regards,
> Mike Kistler

Although this isn't the advice you want (and I don't mean to sound like an
ass :-) but there really is no reason for you to be loging into Gnome as
root. it's just asking for trouble.

--Ben