Re: [SLUG] does anyone know how to fix this

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Wed Feb 22 2006 - 21:06:30 EST

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Robert Waldo wrote:

>> Does the graphical app act normally? And, is there a reason you're
>> running it as root?

> the app runs well, I haven't tried all the features. I used root because I
> was already there when I installed the app. Is this a bad practice?

You shouldn't run things as root. There could be a bug in the code which
would wreak unlimited havoc on your system. At least if that bug appears
while you're running as you, it can only delete your files. That and root
can't write to Joe User's $DISPLAY. 

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