[orca-list] Fw: Slightly OT: running gnome as root

["Rich Caloggero" <rjc MIT EDU>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Caloggero" <rjc mit edu>
To: "Alex Snow" <lists h14me homelinux net>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Slightly OT: running gnome as root


> Reference:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
>
> The Ubuntu community really stresses that logging in as root should never 
> be necessary. When will orca be able to allow this?
>
> They recommend that gksudo be used for root logins via graphical apps. 
> Why doesn't this work? What's the difference between gksudo and sudo?
>
> I remember there used to be some file in /etc that you just edit and set 
> some boolean option to true, but I can't seem to find it. If anyone knows 
> how to do this, let us know.
>
> I hope this issue will be fixed soon. I'd like to try out the graphical 
> admin tools.
>
> -- Rich
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alex Snow" <lists h14me homelinux net>
> To: <orca-list gnome org>
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 2:44 PM
> Subject: [orca-list] Slightly OT: running gnome as root
>
>
> > Hi,
> > I want to play with some gnome system admin apps...I haven't had much
> > success getting  orca to read them when not logged in as root, and when
> > I try to login as root, something won't start...I run startx, and the X
> > server starts normally, but whenever I press a key everything
> > terminates...I've determined this has something to do with gnome (I've
> > changed the default X windo manager to something else (XDM) and it
> > starts normally...I'm using slackware 12.0, gnome 2.20.3
> > (gnome.slackbuild) with gnome being started via xinit using
> > gnome-session.  Does anyone know where I should look for settings to try
> > and get it to let me in as root? I know it's insecure, but these are all
> > test boxes and I really don't care about security on them.
> > thanks for any help...
> >
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