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bashnix
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Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 4:21 am Post subject: Running a GUI as root

Hello- There are 2 things that I would like some input on. 1. I just installed gnome2.2 and it is great. The only problem is that you can only log in as root. When you log in as anything else it locks up at the startup splash. 2. Is it a bad idea to run your desktop as root? If so why? Thanks alot! bash

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Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2003 4:36 am Post subject: Re: Running a GUI as root

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2. Is it a bad idea to run your desktop as root? If so why?

You can make some mistake and screw it up, i was doing that for a long time...then i did "something" and i lost some configurations and had to reinstall Gentoo :roll:

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