Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 22:20:31 -0800 From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Dee Cee <admin@cyrebels.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: running X apps as root... Message-ID: <38D8662F.B245C1F9@gorean.org> References: <38D84109.30527CBB@cyrebels.org>
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Dee Cee wrote:
> oh and btw, would it be unsecure or immoral or anything to run xwindows
> s root...?
Nothing about your system can be immoral. :) But it would be both
insecure, and foolish. Insecure because if someone cracks an X program on
your system they get a root shell, not your unpriviliged user. As long of a
shot as it seems to be, stranger things have happened.
As for foolish, get used to do everything you can NOT as root. That way
mistakes are generally less costly. :)
Good luck,
Doug
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