On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 22:24, Tim wrote: > > But if this is so dangerous, why not prevent graphical root logins > > altogether? > > Some distros do that. And it is possible to set up Fedora that way as > well - it stops a graphical "login", but it doesn't stop a textual login > from starting X after the login. > > One reason why distros don't do that is the number of users insisting > that they should be able to. And the seriously strange concept of having GUI admin tools but not being able to run them from a menu, or the likely-risk-prone concept of having special authentication techniques to start them from a window manager running as a different user. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
