On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:06 -0500, Eben King wrote:
> while you're running as you, it can only delete your files. That and root
> can't write to Joe User's $DISPLAY.
>
The latest SuSE has changed the X behavior for this I believe. YaST
usually runs kdesu where you have to supply a root password. Until
recently if you su'd in a shell and typed YaST2 it wouldn't run from the
shell because of connecting to the display. However, it works now so
whatever X flags or security that was set is now different.
Generally speaking though, Eben's right. Run non chrooted apps as root
= not so good idea in most circumstances.
Mike Branda Jr.
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